The supermoon is seen rising over New York City from Weehawken, New Jersey, USA
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[From article]
A Supermoon, or perigee moon, happens when the full or new moon does its closest fly-by of the Earth, making it look bigger than it normally does. And the spring equinox refers to the time of the year when the day and night are of equal duration, mid-way between the longest and shortest days.
The solar eclipse refers to a phenomenon where the sun and moon line up, so that the latter obscures the former. And while it won’t be affected by the two other events, it is rare that the three events happen even individually.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/solar-eclipse-supermoon-spring-equinox-friday-will-see-three-rare-celestial-events-10111592.html
Solar eclipse, Supermoon, Spring equinox: Friday will see three rare celestial events
ANDREW GRIFFIN
Monday 16 March 2015
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[From article]
The Space Weather Prediction Center says that the storm is from sun activity that started on March 15. Two magnetic eruptions occurred in quick succession. They combined into one larger eruption before intersecting the Earth's orbit on Tuesday.
The storm arrived earlier (10 a.m. EDT) and was stronger than predicted. The storm could last 24-36 hours.
It warned that there could be possible widespread voltage control problems at power systems and some protective systems could trip out key assets from the grid but that appeared to not be happening.
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/28540300/powerful-space-storm-hits-earth
Powerful space storm hits Earth
Posted: Mar 17, 2015 11:22 AM EDT
Updated: Mar 17, 2015 4:30 PM EDT
By LUKE FUNK, Senior Web Producer
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