Starship Asterisk*

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (ROG), in partnership with the
Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Rutherford Appleton
Laboratory and Zooniverse are launching Solar Stormwatch, a new web
project where anyone can help spot and track solar storms and be
involved in the latest solar research.

The Sun is much more dynamic than it appears in our sky. Intense
magnetic fields churn and pummel the Sun’s atmosphere and they store
enormous amounts of energy that, when released, hurl billions of tons
of material out into space in explosions called Coronal Mass Ejections
(CMEs) -- or solar storms.

Solar Stormwatch volunteers can spot these storms and track their
progress across space towards the Earth. Such storms can be harmful to
astronauts in orbit and have the potential to knock out communication
satellites, disrupt mobile phone networks and damage power lines. With
the public’s help, Solar Stormwatch will allow solar scientists to
better understand these potentially dangerous storms and help to
forecast their arrival time at Earth.

Scientists launch Solar Stormwatch to ask public for help in understanding the sun

A new web project where anyone can help track solar storms and be involved in the latest solar research is being launched today, Tuesday 22 February 2010. Solar Stormwatch is a partnership between STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (ROG) and Zooniverse, a network of online Citizen Science projects.

Solar scientists need you!

Help them spot explosions on the Sun and track them across space to Earth. Your work will give astronauts an early warning if dangerous solar radiation is headed their way. And you could make a new scientific discovery.

BMAONE23 wrote:Their website
http://solarstormwatch.com/

wonderboy wrote:I love it, I feel like im working for NASA or something and doing my little bit to help the heroes in space.