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Auroras likely as most active sunspot in years turns toward Earth

The sunspot region 4366 fired off dozens of powerful solar flares in 24 hours, including the single strongest flare since 2024. Auroras are possible later this week.

LiveScience

Earth hit by biggest 'solar radiation storm' in 23 years, triggering Northern Lights as far as Southern California

Earth's magnetic field was struck by a "severe" solar storm Monday (Jan. 19), triggering vibrant auroras in the U.S. and large parts of Europe. The storm broke a record that had stood for more than two decades.

LiveScience

America Set For A Northern Lights Show Thanks To Severe Solar Storms: Here Are The States Likely To See The Spectacle

A week after strong geomagnetic storms pushed the northern lights far beyond their usual range, fresh solar activity could make the aurora visible across much of the continental U.S. as forecasters place Earth under a ‘severe’ category geomagnetic storm watch.

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Northern lights visible across US as geomagnetic storm lights up skies

Aurora borealis reported in over a dozen states, stretching from New York to Texas and Tennessee

The Guardian - US

Northern Lights Seen in Florida Explained: Rare Solar Storm Turns the Sky Electric Green

A powerful solar storm turned the Florida night sky green, with rare sightings of the northern lights reaching far beyond their usual range.

International Business Times UK

'The sun is slowly waking up': NASA warns that there may be more extreme space weather for decades to come

A new NASA study suggests that solar activity will remain high or rise further in the coming decades, contradicting previous assumptions that the sun was quieting down — and scientists "don't completely understand" why.

LiveScience

Trump administration's NOAA layoffs affected the space weather service that tracks solar storms

Experts share why Trump-mandated cuts to the NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center share is a big deal.

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Space weather scales are outdated and confusing. Here's what NOAA scientists are doing about it

After receiving feedback from nearly 500 people about revising NOAA's Space Weather Scales, scientists continue to assess what changes need to be front and center.

Space

Sun erupts with powerful X1.2 solar flare, causes radio blackouts (photo)

The sun fired off an X1.2-class solar flare on Friday (Jan. 3), triggering radio blackouts throughout parts of the South Atlantic ocean, Africa and South America.

Space

Sun unleashes massive X1.1 solar flare to close out 2024 (photo)

The huge solar flare may be the last big explosion from the sun this year.

Space

X-class Halloween solar flare erupts from sun, causes radio blackouts (video)

The sun erupted with an X-class solar flare on Halloween, and solar activity is expected to remain high through Nov. 3.

Space

Solar storm bombarding Earth now may reach 'extreme' levels, sparking auroras down to Alabama and straining hurricane-weakened power grids

A severe solar storm sparked by an intense flare from the sun could reach "extreme" levels as it bombards Earth, NOAA officials warned Thursday (Oct. 10).

Space

Severe solar storm could supercharge auroras across US, impact power grids, NOAA warns

A powerful X-class solar flare that erupted on Tuesday (Oct. 8) could generate a strong geomagnetic storm Thursday (Oct. 10) and Friday (Oct. 11), possibly leading to supercharged auroras.

Space

Sun fires off X-class solar flare, increasing aurora viewing chances into weekend

The sun unleashed an X1.3-class solar flare on Thursday (Sept. 12), increasing the likelihood of widespread auroras this weekend.

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Sunspots surge to 23-year high as solar maximum continues to intensify far beyond initial expectations

The average number of visible dark patches on the sun's surface in August was higher than any other month since September 2001. The final count was also more than twice as high as experts initially predicted it would be, demonstrating once again that the current solar maximum will be much…

Space

'A lot has changed': NOAA is rewriting the book on how to rank solar storms

NOAA is researching how to update its Space Weather Scales and how it can better communicate its space weather forecasts with the public and government agencies.

Space

The sun might've just had a record-breaking number of visible sunspots

For the first time in more than 20 years, the daily record for sunspots is likely to be broken during Solar Cycle 25.

Space

Aurora alert: Geomagnetic storms from solar flares may supercharge northern lights across US, Canada

The sun's stormy weather is supercharging auroras on Earth this week, due to a series of intense geomagnetic storms triggered by recent solar flares.

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Sun unleashes X-class solar flare, blasts 3rd coronal mass ejection toward Earth in a week (video)

Active sunspot AR3777 fired off the strongest of its three solar flares this week, sending another CME to impact Earth this weekend with a possible geomagnetic storm.

International Business Times

Solar Storms Could Cause More Auroras

Massive explosions on the Sun have triggered warnings of geomagnetic storms that could create dazzling auroras in the northern United States, Europe and southern Australia from Tuesday night.

Space

Sun blasts out 2nd X-class flare this week, triggers more radio blackouts (video)

Sunspot region AR 3738 fired off an X1.9 flare as it exited the sun's western limb on July 16, 2024 and caused radio blackouts over much of Africa, Europe, and parts of North and South America.

Space

Here we go again — new sunspot regions emerge, strong solar flare recorded

With the decrease of potential impacts from AR 3664, forecasters are monitoring new sunspot regions developing on the eastern half of the sun.

Space

How do you forecast a solar storm? Space weather experts explain

While the weekend solar event gave us quite the show in the night sky, it also helps scientists learn more about space weather to continue to improve forecasts.

Axios

Sun unleashes largest solar flare in almost a decade, days after auroras captivated the world

"NOT DONE YET!" NOAA said in an alert warning of potential radio disruption.

LiveScience

'Extreme' geomagnetic storm that painted Earth with auroras this weekend was the most powerful in 21 years

Between Friday (May 10) and Sunday (May 12), people across the world were treated to stunning aurora displays as Earth's magnetic field experienced its biggest disturbance since October 2003. The supercharged storm also messed with satellites and caused power grid irregularities.

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