[sheeny (Al)]

The following is from yesterday's Nature Alert. I am unable to access the article and unfortunately, due to a bug in Nature's webpage code, I can't access the Editor's Summary either, but if you're into observing the sun there could be some interesting events coming.

Al.

The dark side of the Sun p402
The Sun occasionally hurls streams of particles towards Earth, where they can wreak havoc with satellites. Predicting these solar storms is hard, but some physicists believe we're about to face the biggest bout of solar flares in years. Stuart Clark reports.
10.1038/441402a