Sentences with phrase «damaging space weather»

ESA is looking to develop a spacecraft that could for the first time provide us with a «side - view» of the Sun, improving our ability to predict potentially damaging space weather events such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs).

Just like that, a flotilla of NASA spacecraft has plumbed one of the deeper mysteries of space physics: what causes «magnetic reconnection,» the process that allows energy from the sun's magnetic field to leak into Earth's, triggering potentially damaging space weather.

«These observations will hopefully help us better understand the life cycle of solar prominences and their connection with the rest of the heliosphere, ultimately providing a better insight into how to protect ourselves against damaging space weather,» Labrosse says.

Not exact matches

Violent space weather treated many to a fantastic display of colorful auroras, but damaged power grids left six million Canadians in the dark

However, when a tornado prominence erupts, it can cause what's known as space weather, potentially damaging power, satellite and communication networks on Earth.»

Despite that, neither grid suffered any damage, boosting the prospects for resilience when worse «space weather» events take place.

The greatest potential damage caused by space weather in economic terms would be the destruction of infrastructure required for continent - sized power distribution systems.

Radiation sickness, damage to DNA and cells, and even death are space weather concerns for astronauts who would make flights to the Moon or the multiyear journey to Mars.