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Eugene Newman Parker (June 10, 1927 – March 15, 2022) was an American solar and plasma physicist.In the 1950s he proposed the existence of the solar wind and that the magnetic field in the outer Solar System would be in the shape of a Parker spiral, predictions that were later confirmed by spacecraft measurements.
Chicago Fire is an American television drama created by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, who serve as executive producers alongside Joe Chappelle, Peter Jankowski, Danielle Gelber, Matt Olmstead and Dick Wolf. The series, which premiered on October 10, 2012, airs on NBC.
A negative Dst index means that Earth's magnetic field is weakened—particularly the case during solar storms—with a more negative Dst index indicating a stronger solar storm. A paper in 2019 estimated that the May 1921 geomagnetic storm had a peak Dst of −907±132 nT.
The Carrington Event was the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking on 1–2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10.It created strong auroral displays that were reported globally and caused sparking and even fires in telegraph stations. [1]
The Sun's wind is called the solar wind. These winds consist mostly of high-energy electrons and protons (about 1 keV) that are able to escape the star's gravity because of the high temperature of the corona. Stellar winds from main-sequence stars do not strongly influence the evolution of lower-mass stars such as the Sun.
Hulu on Tuesday released a trailer for the Australian drama Last Days of the Space Age, led by Chicago Fire vet Jesse Spencer. The limited series, which hails from writer David Chidlow (Moving On ...
Geostorm. In a world where satellites control the weather (lol), all that stands between an expert hacker and world-ending natural disasters is one man, and one man only: Gerard Butler.
Astronomers discovered supersonic winds on a giant gas planet located over 500 light-years from Earth. ... the fastest wind ever measured in the solar system was found on Neptune, moving at only 0 ...