Space Weather

Sun’s activity heating up. M2.8 Class Solar Flare detected.

The sun currently has eight sunspots visible, up from zero only a few weeks ago. While we wait for the…

11 years ago

Geomagnetic Storm Watch – Moderate Storm Predicted

UPDATE - 10/2/13 09:00est Alert: Geomagnetic K-index of 6 Threashold reached at 10/2/203 04:54 UTC Scale G2 - Moderate Update…

11 years ago

Spectacular CME with Earth Directed Impact

Update 10/2/13 - Effects from CME felt on Earth. Read about the Geomagnetic Storm. Original Post below: A spectacular CME…

11 years ago

Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) Launch is Successful

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) solar observatory separated from its Pegasus rocket and is in the proper orbit. This…

11 years ago

New Solar Mission (IRIS) Rescheduled to Launch June 27

A Pegasus Rocket is set to drop from  the Orbital Sciences L-1011 carrier aircraft with NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph…

11 years ago

River of Sun Spots Emerging as Sun Rotates

As you can see in this image there are a number of sun spots that are in close proximity creating…

11 years ago

Great view of CME as it Erupts from edge of Sun May 1, 2013

  On May 1, 2013 SDO captured this video of a coronal mass ejection (CME) as it erupted from the…

12 years ago

Two Large CMEs headed for Mercury

On April 24-25 2013,  two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) erupted from the sun. Moving at about 500 miles per second…

12 years ago

Strong Coronal Mass Ejection Hits Earth 3/17/13

The last few days have seen many space weather warnings and alerts. The root of all of these was activity…

12 years ago

GEOMAGNETIC STORM Predicted 3/17. Auroras as low as New York

Update - NOAA predicts 70 percent chance of GEOMAGNETIC STORM March 17th A CME that left the sun on March…

12 years ago