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A Whole Lot of Regions Appear & Storming All Week | Space Weather Spotlight 14 March 2025
This week, our Sun is sending us nearly continuous fast solar wind and it has been lighting up our skies with aurora. Some photographers have managed to capture aurora during the blood moon total lunar eclipse! The aurora shows have been intensified by se
A Planetary Alignment while a Solar Storm Heads for Earth | Space Weather News 27 February 2025
Solar activity has ramped up considerably over the last few days, including big solar flares, a radiation storm, and what looks like a promising Earth-directed solar storm and more to come. In particular, the Earth-directed solar storm could bring aurora
Stealthy Storms Sneak of the Sun & A Fast Wind Valentine | Space Weather Spotlight 13 February 2025
Our Sun plays Cupid this week by ensuring we have some solar storming through this upcoming Valentines Day weekend. Even as we calm down from some fast solar wind, another pocket of fast wind is on its way to Earth. Sandwiched within the fast wind will be
Dark Coronal Holes & Bright Active Regions | Space Weather Spotlight 30 January 2025
A massive set of coronal holes will be sending us some fast solar wind over the next few days. These dark, ominous, features are about to become regular visitors as we continue our descent into the declining phase of the solar cycle. Even though this phas
Solar Eye-Candy & Massive Far Side Eruptions | Space Weather Spotlight 19 December 2024
This week our Sun launches multiple big solar storms, most of which have given us some gorgeous eye candy. One of these eruptions launched a strong Earth-directed solar storm that hit Earth, but it was the wrong magnetic orientation to cause issues. We ha
Multiple Solar Storms Come and an Historic Far Side Blast | Space Weather News 28 November 2024
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Activity picks up this week in a big way with a lot of eye-candy on the Earth-facing Sun and on the farside too. Two Earth-directed solar storms could impact Earth this week bringing aurora down to mid-latitudes during the hol
Big Flare Players Grow & A Glancing Solar Storm Blow | Space Weather News 05 November 2024
This week our star kicks activity into high gear with some fast-growing active regions in Earth view. One of these taking center stage is Region 3883, which has fired multiple big flares and launched a very dense solar storm that looks to have an Earth-di
Earth-Directed Storms Come & Big Flare Players Enter | Solar Storm Forecast 11 September 2024
Our Sun launched multiple Earth-directed solar storms towards Earth this week, with the first one hitting us just now (it is fashionably late). The second will likely hit late on September 12 and be followed by some fast solar wind. This means aurora phot
Storms Die Down but New Regions Pop Up | Space Weather Spotlight 01 September 2024
Although we are calming down from several solar storms that hit back to back over the past week and gave us some decent aurora, our Sun isn't calming down. We have four active regions that are about to rotate into Earth view that have been firing big flar
Earth Dodges Bullets as the Sun’s Farside Blasts Wide | Space Weather Spotlight 20 June 2024
This week our Sun stays active but has terrible aim. Earth has dodged at least four solar storms launched off the Earth-facing Sun. The only expected impact will be from some fast solar wind over the next couple of days, but that shouldn't cause too much