We’ve already experienced ten days over 90 degrees in Washington, D.C. this year, so it’s hard to believe summer hasn’t even started yet. Next Tuesday marks the summer solstice for the northern hemisphere, as Earth reaches the point in its orbit where its tilt edges us closest to the sun.

Photo by Space Weather Prediction Center The Earth is safe, for now. Although our little solar heat-lamp didn’t go ‘nova and swallow up in a fiery tsunami, the last disruptions from this past week’s solar flare will be dissipating this weekend. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center predicts that as result of the flare, also known as the snicker-inducing coronal mass ejections, solar winds could cause shortwave disruptions to communications and power grids. On the…