A fleet of spacecraft captured unprecedented details of the major solar outbursts in May and June 2024.
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Blasts from the Past: New Insights from Old Space Storms
Reassessment and comparison of past space weather events highlight the potential for Earth to experience destructive geomagnetic disturbances.
Kepler’s Drawings Might Reveal When the Sunspots Disappeared
Johannes Kepler’s landmark 1607 sunspot observations may have been made at the end of the solar cycle, helping constrain the start of the Maunder Minimum.
From Sun to Earth: A New Network for Comprehensive Space Weather Monitoring
The Chinese Meridian Project combines hundreds of instruments for a detailed, three-dimensional view of the solar-terrestrial environment.
Scientists Captured the First Glimpse of a Rare Polar Aurora
After a decade-long search, scientists captured a type of elusive aurora on camera.
Coronal Mass Ejection Gives Earth’s Magnetosphere Rare “Wings”
A massive disturbance in the solar wind caused Earth’s magnetosphere to fly without its usual tail.
Tanja Amerstorfer: Forecasting Space Weather
The deputy head of the Austrian Space Weather Office built a supportive network.
Cosmic Rays Shed Light on Stone Age Timelines
Signatures of a long-ago solar storm, recorded in tree rings, helped researchers date a 7,400-year-old settlement in northern Greece.
Radioamadores Foram Usados Para Obter Informações sobre a Ciência Ionosférica Durante o Eclipse
Operadores de rádio amadores que estudam a física espacial e a atmosfera superior investigaram a resposta da ionosfera ao eclipse solar anular de 2023 usando transmissões de ondas curtas.
Mapping the Moon to Shield Astronauts from Radiation
Scientists are charting landing spots that offer future lunar astronauts protection from the Sun and deep space.