炫耀的北极光背后是太空风暴,它能使地球变成漆黑一片。
Behind the dazzling display of the aurora borealis are space storms that could turn the lights off here on Earth.
但是,太空风暴在管道中产生电流,能克服势垒,继续生锈。
Space storms, however, generate currents in pipes that can overwhelm this barrier, allowing corrosion to proceed.
巴士底日太空风暴发生期间,IMF有好几个小时都是指向南方的。
The IMF was oriented southward for many hours during the Bastille Day storm.
普通的太空风暴次的细微影响也会磨损电网的关键部分,使它们提早失效。
Subtle effects of run-of-the-mill space storms may also wear down key components in electric power grids, making them liable to early failure.
安格罗·保罗:“理解并预测太空风暴对于在太空中保护我们的人造卫星和宇航员来说是很重要的。”
Vassilis Angelopoulos: Understanding and predicting space storms is important for protecting our satellites and astronauts in space.
太空风暴可能就像火车一样,对铁路有这样的作用,产生不需要的电流,使得电压降低,信号灯转成红色。
Space storms may have the same effect on the rails as a train, generating unwanted electric currents that could cause the voltage between the two rails to drop and the signal to turn red.
由巨大太空风暴引起的激烈电源浪涌会在几分钟之内加热变压器,损坏用来防止短路的绝缘体,可能引起爆炸。
Intense power surges due to big space storms can heat transformers enough within minutes to damage the insulation needed to prevent short circuits, which can cause them to explode.
尽管可能遭遇大规模太空风暴造成的灾难,但是越来越清楚的是即使是最温和的太阳活动对我们这个依赖技术的世界造成威胁。
Although it would take a truly massive space storm to cause a catastrophe, it is becoming clear that even modest solar activity poses a threat in our technology-dependent world.
太空气象预测中心的负责人鲍勃·拉特利奇说考虑到太阳风暴的大小,在爱荷华州的南部应该是看不到极光的。
Space weather forecast chief Bob Rutledge said given the size of the solar storm, the lights probably shouldn't have been visible south of Iowa.
据报道,Hathaway曾估计下一太阳周期有可能是“很好很强大”:更多的太阳黑子,太阳风暴,以及更多的能量将会喷发到太空中。
Hathaway was reported as thinking the next solar cycle would be a "doozy" : more sunspots, more solar storms and more energy blasted into space.
引起极光的太阳能量抛射还能引起地磁风暴,能够影响宇航员的太空行走,绕地卫星甚至是地面上的通信和电力系统。
The solar ejections that cause auroras can also create geomagnetic storms that can affect spacewalking astronauts, Earth-orbiting satellites, and even communications and power systems on the ground.
一场强太阳风暴到达时,太空天气预测中心发送警告信息给美国国土安全局,应急指挥人员和保护电网的部门。
When a big storm occurs, the Space Weather Prediction Center releases a warning to the U. S. Department of Homeland Security, emergency managers and agencies responsible for protecting power grids.
通过窥视该星系的一个旋转手臂部分,哈勃太空望远镜给天文学家提供了一个关于星系诞生的地方的风暴的详细的图像。
Peering into one of the galaxy's spiral arms, the Hubble Space Telescope is giving astronomers a detailed new look at the firestorm of star birth taking place in the galaxy.
这场大风暴也使得NASA改变太空行程,NASA缩短了奋进号宇航员宇宙行走的时间。
The big storm is also prompting changes in space. NASA is cutting short the spacewalk today for Endeavour astronauts.
这场大风暴也使得NASA改变太空行程,NASA缩短了奋进号宇航员宇宙行走的时间。
The big storm is also prompting changes in space. NASA is cutting short the spacewalk today for Endeavour astronauts.
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