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Space weather can cause both beautiful auroras and infrastructure challenges – 5 essential reads on protecting life and technology
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (1066+ words) This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is tracking several coronal mass ejections that could lead to a minor geomagnetic storm in Earth’s atmosphere. People in Canada and the northern United States may be able to see an aurora…...
Sunspot-Free Solar Region Drove a Rare Proton Burst as NOAA Posts a Minor Storm Watch
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (586+ words) Solar physicists track active regions partly by their sunspots. A region bristling with dark, magnetically complex spots is the one to watch. When those spots fade and the area decays to plage, a bright patch of hotter gas where a…...
Multiple Solar Plasma Ejections May Impact Earth September 8–9, Severe Storms Unlikely
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (257+ words) Multiple plasma ejections are occurring on the Sun, and strong impacts on Earth are possible on September 8 and 9, though they are unlikely to cause severe magnetic storms, according to the Solar Astronomy Laboratory at the Space Research Institute (IKI) of…...
Strong solar flares expected to increase again
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (294+ words) caliber.az Strong solar flares expected to increase again Russian Institute of Applied Geophysics warns of strong solar flares on September 7-8. The institute said in a statement that solar flare activity was generally low; however, M-class flares are expected, Caliber....
Alaska researcher finds extreme solar storms could pack an even bigger punch
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (597+ words) Published 10:30 am Saturday, September 5, 2026 By Jeffrey Kennett Homer News Writer Green aurora curtains stretch across the night sky above snow-covered hills at Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks in late January 2025. Facility lights glow in the valley below. (Bryan…...
Solar storm activity surges as returning sunspot fires M-class flare
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (472+ words) Chris Martin is a US economics and current affairs journalist covering the intersection of policy, markets, and everyday financial life. With a background in financial reporting and a sharp eye for the stories behind the numbers, Chris brings clarity to…...
Here’s where a massive solar storm could take down the US power grid
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1435+ words) The sun spews radiation and superheated ionized gas toward Earth. In May 2024, it put on its biggest show in more than two decades. Shown here are powerful flares that disrupted radio signals on Earth and caused airplanes to reroute: What…...
Solar flares explained: What these giant explosions on the Sun mean for us
1+ week, 2+ day ago (923+ words) starlust.org Solar flares explained: What these giant explosions on the Sun mean for us Occasionally, a sudden burst of electromagnetic energy from highly active regions on the Sun can result in the sunlit side of the Earth being exposed…...
Geomagnetic storms could get worse than we thought
1+ week, 4+ day ago (313+ words) Solar wind intensity is measured by the Wind spacecraft roughly 1.5 million km upstream from where solar wind hits Earth’s magnetosphere. Measurements collected closer to Earth by spacecraft such as THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) were…...
Sun gives early clues before powerful solar flares, study finds
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1132+ words) Bengaluru: The Sun may be giving scientists a warning before unleashing some of its most powerful eruptions. Researchers studying data from India’s Aditya-L1 solar mission have identified small, short-lived brightenings in the Sun’s atmosphere that appear in the hours before…...