Posted by Chillymanjaro on June 16, 2013 Solar watch Solar activity is currently at very low levels. However, a group of new sunspots are emerging over the southeastern limb and the chance of flares is increasing with it. This new group… Read More ›
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A rare total eclipse of Jupiter by the Sun on June 19, 2013
The Watchers Planet Jupiter began the month of June 2013 being positioned very low in the west sky just after sunset. However soon it will disappear into the solar glare, as Jupiter is approaching the Sun for a solar conjunction on June… Read More ›
Was it a bird? A Plane? Or a UFO??
Chinese passenger jet hits mysterious object at 26,000ft and lands with severely dented nose cone NewsLink A passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing after a mysterious mid-air collision with a ‘foreign object’ at 26,000ft severely dented its… Read More ›
NASA: Noteworthy Hole in the Sun
There’s a hole in the sun, NASA says By Ian O’Neill Published June 04, 2013 Discovery News During the latter part of last week, a huge void rotated across the face of the sun. But never fear, it isn’t a… Read More ›
Sun unleashes two powerful X-class flares within 24 hour period
May 14, 2013 The sun erupted for the second time in less than 24 hours Monday morning, releasing the most powerful solar flare so far of 2013. Monday’s solar flare, which peaked at 9 a.m. Pacific time, came just 14… Read More ›
SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS: Sun unleashes Massive Solar Flare, Strongest yet of 2013
May 13, 2013 The sun unleashed a colossal Mother’s Day solar flare on Sunday May 12 in what has become the most powerful solar eruption of the year. The giant solar flare, which registered as one of the largest eruptions the sun… Read More ›
‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse this week: what you need to know
By Geoff Gaherty Published May 08, 2013 Space.com On Thursday and Friday, skywatchers in parts of Australia and the Pacific region will be treated to a spectacular “ring of fire” solar eclipse, in which the moon blots out all of… Read More ›
Two M-class solar flares in a row – M1.3 followed by strong M5.7
Pakalert Press A long duration, moderate, solar flare reaching M1.3 peaked at 16:53 UTC on May 3, 2013. The source of the event was Region 1731 still classified as Beta-Gamma-Delta and capable of more strong eruptions. This region has rotated out of the Sun’s central disk area… Read More ›
Meteor Shower and Eclipses of Sun and Moon to Grace May Sky
by Miriam Kramer, Space.Com, May 1, 2013 The annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower and an annular solar eclipse both occur at the beginning of May, while a less impressive lunar eclipse is set to take place at the end of… Read More ›
Massive solar eruption could cause magnetic storm here on Earth
By Deborah Netburn April 11, 2013, 3:51 p.m. | SOURCE Early Thursday morning, solar observers watched as a dark spot on the sun erupted with an enormous flash of light, causing the biggest solar flare of 2013. Solar flares… Read More ›
Solar Storm Passes Earth
March 18th, 2013 | by Michael Keller | SOURCE The sun shot out a torrent of charged particles on March 15 in an event called a coronal mass ejection (CME). The eruption, which occurred at 3:24 a.m. EDT, sent what… Read More ›
Earth-directed coronal mass ejection from the sun
By Karen C. Fox SOURCE The ESA and NASA Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured these images of the sun spitting out a coronal mass ejection (CME) on March 15, 2013, from 3:24 to 4:00 a.m. EDT. This type of image… Read More ›
NASA: Something Unexpected Is Happening To The Sun, ‘The End Of 2013 Could Be A Lot Livelier Than The Beginning’
03/04/2013 | Midnight Watcher’s Blogspot NASA Science – “Something unexpected is happening on the sun. 2013 is supposed to be the year of Solar Max, the peak of the 11-year sunspot cycle. Yet 2013 has arrived and solar activity is… Read More ›
Awesome photos of the sun!!
SOURCE The Sun The Sun is now in the quietest phase of its 11-year activity cycle, the solar minimum – in fact, it has been unusually quiet this year – with over 200 days so far with no observed sunspots…. Read More ›
Mystery ‘beast’ washes up on Wales coast
“…as it was in the days of Noah.” More to that statement than what people realize. Yahoo!7 February 28, 2013, 7:43 am Mystery ‘beast’ washes up on Wales coast. Picture Facebook/Peter Bailey It’s the mystery beast of South Wales and… Read More ›
Weather Channel Alert: Massive Sunspot Rapidly Forming Within 48 Hours–Possible Solar Storm Alert!
From the Weather Channel Published: Feb 20, 2013, 7:09 PM EST NASA NASA/SDO/AIA/HMI/Goddard Space Flight Center The bottom two black spots are part of the same system that NASA says is rapidly expanding. A giant sunspot that’s at least six… Read More ›
Space storms will cause widespread power cuts and cripple phones, satellites and railway signals, report claims
By Anna Edwards and Damien Gayle Britain is facing crippling power cuts sparked by space storms that could scramble signals used in mobile phones, railways and satellites. The Earth is beginning an 11-year peak in solar activity which a report… Read More ›
A Solar ‘Superstorm’ Is Coming And We’ll Only Get 30-Minute Warning
A solar “superstorm” could knock out Earth’s communications satellites, cause dangerous power surges in the national grid and disrupt crucial navigation aids and aircraft avionics, a major report has found. It is inevitable that an extreme solar storm – caused… Read More ›
Report: Space Storms To Cripple Power
SOURCE By Daily Mail Britain is facing crippling power cuts sparked by space storms that could scramble signals used in mobile phones, railways and satellites. The Earth is beginning an 11-year peak in solar activity which a report claims could… Read More ›
Big sunspot unleashes an intense solar flare
AR1654 is growing more active and ‘crackling with M-class solar flares,’ scientists say NASA This view of the flare on Friday was recorded by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. updated 1/11/2013 7:10:34 PM ET The surface of the sun erupted in… Read More ›
2013 – Year of the Comets
SOURCE At the moment it is a faint object, visible only in sophisticated telescopes as a point of light moving slowly against the background stars. It doesn’t seem much – a frozen chunk of rock and ice – one of… Read More ›
Breaking: Massive New Object Moving Toward Earth Now? – Jupiter Struck in September
NOTE: We at Vine of Life News DO NOT believe in Doomsday. In fact, we highly warn you against believing such a thing. Doomsday goes completely against the Word of God. We do believe in the end times, and signs… Read More ›
Ancients Would Have Called It An Omen, Maybe Even Wormwood: Brightest Comet In Modern Times Coming In 2013
Scientific American Sat, 06 Oct 2012 06:05 CDT File photo As it flares out of the distant Oort Cloud, the newly discovered comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) appears to be heading on a trajectory that could make for one of the most… Read More ›
Massive solar flare could have caused eighth century radiation burst
28 Nov 2012 | 18:00 GMT | Posted by Ananyo Bhattacharya A mysterious spike in atmospheric carbon-14 levels 12 centuries ago might be a sign the Sun is capable of producing solar storms dozens of times worse than anything we’ve… Read More ›
