Progress of Science

This is a collection of interesting science articles describing the progress being made in understanding space weather. Follow each link to a PDF file containing a copy of the original article.

Magnetic storms and sunspots diminish range of signals – [New York Times, October 10, 1926, p. 19]

Solar storms affect reception more than weather elements. According to Dr. Pickard sun spots have bad influence on ether – [New York Times, January 16, 1927, p. 17]

Science studies effect of sunspots on earth – [New York Times, July 17, 1927, p.4]

Denies sunspots can prevent summer – [New York Times, October 18, 1928 p. 32]

Blame it on the moonlight – [New York Times, January 11, 1931 p. 124]

1932 to be a good year for Radio; sun spots to continue decline – [New York Times, January 11, 1932 p. 27]

Sun blamed for fading. Vanishing wave mystery is believed caused by bombardment – [New York Times, May 3, 1936, p. 14]

Sunspots predict radio disturbance – [New York Times, April 5, 1937 p.14]

Sunspots linkes to rise in death – [New York Times, May 11, 1937 p.22]

Sunspot theory of slumps denied – Economists guided by insufficient facts – [New York Times, March 13, 1938 p.22]

Vast electric sea explored by radio – [New York Times, January 25, 1939 p.18]

Sunspot storms threaten a blackout – [New York Times, January 14, 1940 p. 10]

Astronomers see solar flare film – [New York Times, August 17, 1948 p. 23]

Michigan astronomers link solar phenomena with our radio communication [New York Times, December 30, 1948, p. 22]

Radio data timed to sunspot flare – [New York Times, June 23, 1949 p. 25]

Earth core held world’s dynamo – [New York Times, June 1, 1953 p. 25]

Solar flares provide cosmic curtain raiser for International Geophysical Year – [New York Times, July 7, 1957 p. 119]

IGY sounds alert on solar activity – [New York Times, July 8, 1958 p. 55]