NASA is Building a 'Solar Shield' to Protect Power Grids from Space Weather | Popular Science

NASA is Building a 'Solar Shield' to Protect Power Grids from Space Weather | Popular Science: "They’re out there, biding their time. Waiting patiently. And when you least expect it, they’re going to plunge you and everyone you care about into total darkness. Luckily, we can see solar storms coming from about 93 million miles away, and NASA is now in the process of creating a “Solar Shield” that should be able to minimize the damage to power grids caused by electromagnetic disturbances in the atmosphere and ground caused by foul weather on the sun."