I came across something about NASA’s PUNCH mission that I…
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I came across something about NASA’s PUNCH mission that I thought was pretty cool
Apparently, scientists were able to use it to predict when a solar eruption would reach Earth in one test, the prediction was accurate to around 30 minutes.!!!
30 minutes might not sound like much, but considering we’re trying to predict something that happened millions of kilometers away on the Sun, that’s pretty impressive. :)
It got me wondering: could we eventually get reliable warnings hours or even days before a major solar storm hits Earth?
Curious what people here think about how far solar weather forecasting can actually go.
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Apparently, scientists were able to use it to predict when a solar eruption would reach Earth in one test, the prediction was accurate to around 30 minutes.!!!
30 minutes might not sound like much, but considering we’re trying to predict something that happened millions of kilometers away on the Sun, that’s pretty impressive. :)
It got me wondering: could we eventually get reliable warnings hours or even days before a major solar storm hits Earth?
Curious what people here think about how far solar weather forecasting can actually go.
#space
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