>”Because Mars is orbiting over the far side of the sun, Perseverance can see approaching sunspots more than a week before we do,” SpaceWeather.com wrote in a post highlighting the sunspot photos. “Consider this your one-week warning: A big sunspot is coming.”
I just found this to be really neat. I know we have probes around the solar system and all but it’s kinda cool to have advanced notice like this. 🙂
Mr_A_Rye on
Who knows, maybe Starlink is a good idea after all seeing as there are so many satellites up there, they’ll end up serving as planetary defense.
stilusmobilus on
Ooo be pulling the refractor and filter out for this, cheers.
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>”Because Mars is orbiting over the far side of the sun, Perseverance can see approaching sunspots more than a week before we do,” SpaceWeather.com wrote in a post highlighting the sunspot photos. “Consider this your one-week warning: A big sunspot is coming.”
I just found this to be really neat. I know we have probes around the solar system and all but it’s kinda cool to have advanced notice like this. 🙂
Who knows, maybe Starlink is a good idea after all seeing as there are so many satellites up there, they’ll end up serving as planetary defense.
Ooo be pulling the refractor and filter out for this, cheers.