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  Click on the image for a clearer view Yesterday's Washington Post had a good story about large solar storms.  We are all aware of the ...

  From the article:  "Sunspot activity has increased dramatically in early 2023, with sunspot numbers far exceeding NASA's predicti...

  A view of McMath Region 11976 from the Paris Observatory early on 4 August 1972.  I have a vivid memory of seeing -- as a kid -- Aurora fr...

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There are reports out this morning that a big solar flare in 1972 caused naval mines placed by the U.S. off the coast of Vietnam to explode....

This amazing picture was taken last night at the Bharati Indian Base Station in the Larsemann Hills of Antarctica. The researchers the...

SolderSmoke Podcast #173 is available: http://soldersmoke.com/soldersmoke173.mp3 7 March 2015 Bench Report:   Pete's Progress on...

My in-box seemed to have an outer space theme today. First, from Guanajuato, Mexico comes word that the radio club there is planning a sec...

Hi Bill, I was really on top of it this time and listened to Soldersmoke 115 yesterday evening, the same day I got it from the Internet. I ...