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Space weather describes the dynamic conditions in Earth’s outer space environment, driven by activity from the Sun such as solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and high-speed solar winds. These phenomena can disrupt satellite operations, communication networks, navigation systems, and even power grids on Earth. Scientists study space weather to better understand the Sun-Earth connection and to develop forecasts that can help protect critical technologies and infrastructure from its sometimes dramatic effects.
The Science New experiments have revealed the source of the aurora borealis. Alfvén waves accelerating…
Experimental platform combines Large Plasma Device with lasers, magnetic dipoles; reveals insights about Earth’s shield…
Geomagnetic storms like the Carrington Event can severely disrupt power grids, communications, and satellites, with…
NASA’s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites mission, or TRACERS mission, has passed a…
A newly released Android app will turn your smartphone into an instrument for crowdsourced science.…
The Sun emitted a mid-level solar flare on March 31, 2022, peaking at 2:35 p.m.…
The Sun emitted a significant solar flare on March 30, 2022, peaking at 1:35 p.m.…
What Are Solar Flares? Solar flares are large eruptions of electromagnetic radiation from the Sun…
Using a NASA-funded CubeSat, scientists have uncovered a new source of super-fast, energetic electrons raining…
MIT Haystack Observatory identifies long-duration atmospheric waves launched by the recent Tonga eruption. The recent…
It’s the first mission of its kind, set to monitor our active and unpredictable Sun…
On February 4, 2022, SpaceX launched 49 satellites as part of Elon Musk’s Starlink internet…
The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has captured the largest solar prominence eruption ever observed in…
A blast of high-speed solar wind provoked dancing auroras in early February. Auroras are a…
Through analysis of ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica, a research team led by Lund…
A new study using ESA’s Cluster and Swarm missions has demonstrated how solar storms drive…
A young star, EK Draconis, unleashed a coronal mass ejection far more powerful than any…