9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (334+ words) New study shows how a major space storm dramatically shrank Earth’s protective plasma layer and slowed its recovery, helping improve solar storm forecasts and protect space infrastructure we rely on. image: Scientists have captured the first detailed observations of how…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (533+ words) In May 2024, Earth was hit by the strongest geomagnetic storm in more than 20 years. Known as the Gannon storm or the “Mother’s Day storm,” it was triggered by a series of massive solar eruptions that sent huge clouds of charged…...

11+ mon, 1+ day ago   (33+ words) A new University of Michigan study offers one of the most detailed pictures so far of how violent sun storms spread across space — and occasionally, straight to our planet. With the help of......

10+ mon, 4+ week ago   (307+ words) New simulations have uncovered twisting magnetic “solar tornadoes” forming between the Sun and Earth. This reveals a hidden cause of geomagnetic storms that can disrupt satellites, power networks and communications even without a direct solar blast. A fresh set of…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1073+ words) Space weather is very different from the storms you see on Earth. These events come from the Sun, which ejects eruptions of charged particles and magnetic fields from its surface. The most powerful of these events are called interplanetary coronal…...