Coronal Mass Ejection Hits Earth 154
astroengine writes "On Tuesday, the Earth was hit by a coronal mass ejection (CME), triggering a 'moderate' geomagnetic storm, igniting aurorae at high latitudes. The CME in question was launched from the sun early on Sunday and space weather scientists predicted its arrival on Aug. 3 — the vast magnetic bubble of solar plasma arrived on schedule."
Thank goodness there's no damage (Score:5, Insightful)
However, the bad news is that satellites might go if a bigger storm comes along.
Re:The good and the bad (Score:3, Insightful)
Did you see the Star-Trek nerdery above? I don't think you have anything to be ashamed of compared to that (unless of course you were one of the participants...)