THE SOLAR MINIMUM SUPERSTORM OF 1903: Don't let Solar Minimum fool you. Superstorms are possible even during the "quiet" phase of the solar cycle. A new study just published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters looks back to October 1903. Solar activity was at a low point eerily similar to now when one of the biggest storms in modern history erupted. Get the full story at Spaceweather.com.
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Above: Red dots show where auroras were sighted during the Solar Minimum Superstorm of 1903. [more]
