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A Big Storm Wind Down, a Wispy Storm Hit, & a Fast Wind Chaser | Space Weather News 07 June 2025
June 08, 2025

Our Sun settles down finally after the big G3+ storm series that passed over Earth at the beginning of the month. Although we are getting hit by a final storm in that series, this one is so wispy that Earth has hardy noticed. Things might intensify once w

Our Sun’s Hot Longitude and a Side of Aurora | Space Weather News 26 May 2025
May 26, 2025

This Space Weather News forecast sponsored in part by Millersville University: https://www.millersville.edu/swen Our Sun remains a bit choosy this week, only allowing activity to pick up at a "hot longitude" just west of center disk. Region 4098 is the fi

A Whole Lot of Regions Appear & Storming All Week | Space Weather Spotlight 14 March 2025
March 14, 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
February 27, 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
February 14, 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
January 30, 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
December 19, 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
November 28, 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
November 06, 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
September 13, 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