This very interesting article was originally posted today by Camilla Sdo (Solar Dynamic Observatory) & re-posted by Michelle Thaller (facebook friends of mine), on solar storms and its effects on astronauts.
Apparently there is an upside too- CME's can actually be a good thing if you're in space at the time...
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During solarstorms, something strange happens onboard the International Space Station (ISS): radiation levels drop.
"The crew of the ISS absorbed about 30% fewer cosmic rays than usual,"
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The reason is simple: When sunspots explode, they often hurl massive clouds of hot gas away from the sun. These clouds, called CMEs (coronal mass ejections), contain not only gas but also magnetic force fields, knots of magnetism ripped away from the sun by the explosion. Magnetic fields deflect charged particles, so when .....
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An astronaut friend of mine told me that they get little flashes of light in their eyes when cosmic rays come through. A very personal experience of solar weather...
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