Sun Activity Increases, Coronal Mass Ejection Heads For Earth
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online On May 17, the sun unleashed an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME) at 5:24 a.m. EDT sending billions of tons of solar particles into space. The matter from this CME will likely...
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KEMP, Texas, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Larson Electronics has announced the addition of an industrial grade metal halide light tower designed to provide operators with an easy to set up and operate lighting system capable of illuminating over 2 acres of work area. Featuring a heavy duty pneumatic mast and included compressor as well as dual 1,000 watt metal halide fixtures producing over 200,000 lumens of light output, this powerful light tower is ideal for operators who desire...
Online light bulb retailer has recently added energy efficient S14 bulbs to their extensive product line for use in sign and marquee applications. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 Go Green LED Bulbs, a leading distributor of energy efficient products, now provides Sylvania brand LED S14 light bulbs. Sylvania is a well-known and trusted brand that manufactures durable, high-quality products. The bulbs are offered at a reduced price, in comparison to other S14 LED light bulbs from other...
The LEDP10W-200E 200 Watt High Intensity LED Light Bar from Larson Electronics provides operators with a powerful and rugged lighting solution that can illuminate very large areas while withstanding the most demanding work and environmental operating conditions. This 200 watt LED light bar produces 17,200 lumens of intense high quality light output and is an ideal replacement for HID lamps in applications where high output and extreme durability is critical for lamp longevity and maximum...
NASA Given a legitimate need to protect Earth from the most intense forms of space weather -- great bursts of electromagnetic energy and particles that can sometimes stream from the sun -- some people worry that a gigantic "killer solar flare" could hurl enough energy to destroy Earth, but this is not actually possible. Solar activity is indeed currently ramping up toward what is known as solar maximum, something that occurs approximately every 11 years. However, this same solar cycle...
Larson Electronics has announced today the release of a powerful new LED light built to provide maximum illumination from a compact yet rugged design. Featuring over 29,000 lumens of light output and, inline transformer, and rugged waterproof construction, the LEDP5W-60-1227-20C High Intensity LED Light is an ideal alternative to hot running and fragile HID lighting systems Kemp, Texas (PRWEB) May 12, 2013 The LEDP5W-60-1227-20C 300 Watt High Intensity LED Light provides operators in...
Flips the switch on better lighting options and output without unnecessary energy. (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 LED lights experts Jinwill Supply aims to reverse the trend of increased costs by empowering business owners everywhere to take part in the LED evolution. Different from traditional light bulbs in every way, LED lights are free of toxic chemicals, 100% recyclable, and are 60% more efficient. Jinwill leads the switch to LED by helping companies minimize the upfront cost, an investment...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online On Sunday (May 12) the Sun emitted a significant solar flare that is being classified as the first X-class event of 2013. The X1.7 flare, which peaked at about 10 p.m. EDT, was also associated with another solar event known as a coronal mass ejection (CME). While CMEs can release radiation and solar material in the direction they were produced, Sunday’s phenomenon was not directed at Earth. While solar flares also have the...
KEMP, Texas, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Larson Electronics has announced today the release of a 300 watt LED light that provides the illuminating power of a 1,000 watt metal halide lamp in a rugged yet compact fixture design. Producing over 29,580 lumens of light and built to withstand the demanding conditions of industrial and professional use, the LEDP5W-60-1227-20C High Intensity LED Light provides operators with an efficient and powerful alternative to metal halide lighting...
KEMP, Texas, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Leader in industrial lighting equipment Larson Electronics has announced the release of a 3,000 watt metal halide light tower capable of illuminating 3+ acres with 330,000 lumens of quality illumination. Featuring three 1,000 watt metal halide lamps and a pneumatically extended tower, the PLM-18-3X1000W Pneumatic Light Tower provides an ideal lighting solution for large operations requiring powerful illumination that can be easily deployed and...
John P. Millis, Ph.D. for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Stars sustain themselves by fusing elements in their core, producing even heavier atoms, releasing energy that keeps the immense force of gravity at bay. But eventually, the fusion process will no longer produce enough outward radiation pressure to sustain the star, and it will begin to collapse in on itself. In the grandest of cases, the progenitor is a truly massive object, perhaps tens or hundreds of times the mass of...
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The prominent feature that allows for the existence of life on Earth is the Sun. Radiation from our closest star provides heat and energy to our planet, driving biological processes and providing the necessary conditions for liquid water to naturally exist. But our Sun is only but one star in this vast Universe. And as it turns out, most stars are quite different than the one that illuminates our day. For this reason, scientists have, for hundreds of years, attempted to study the other...
The Sun -- intensely hot, self-luminous body of gases at the center of the solar system. Its gravitational attraction maintains the planets, comets, and other bodies of the solar system in their orbits. The sun is actually a star of about medium size; it appears larger than the other stars because of its relative nearness to the earth. The earth's distance from the sun varies from 91,377,000 mi (147,053,000 km) at perihelion to 94,537,000 mi (152,138,000 km) at aphelion (see apsis). The...
Crab Nebula -- The Crab Nebula (Messier 1, NGC 1952) is the object the which started Charles Messier logging non-cometary objects on his Messier Catalog. It is the expanding cloud of gas thrown off in the explosion that gave rise to the 1054 supernova recorded by Chinese astronomers, now more than 6 light years across (the nebula is currently expanding at 1000 km/sec and the total mass of ejected material is about 0.1 solar masses). The supernova which produced it was bright enough to...
