Friday, 13 July 2012

'Extreme' solar storm speeding straight towards Earth

'Extreme' solar storm speeding straight towards Earth:

Things could get interesting on Saturday

On Thursday at 5:53pm in London – 12:53pm in New York – the sun let loose with a hefty solar flare, resulting in a coronal mass ejection (CME) headed straight towards Earth that will likely arrive on Saturday at 10:20 UT, give or take about seven hours.…