NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X9.0 solar flare with a bright flash in the center – on Oct. 03, 2024, Courtesy NASA/SDO Active Region 3842 has produced another (R3 – Strong) solar flare, an X9.0 at 1218 UTC on October 3rd, 2024. High frequency signal loss or degradation affecting earth is…
A X7.1 (R3 Strong) solar flare erupted from NOAA/SWPC Active Region 3842 on October 1st, 2024 and has the potential for significant high frequency disruptions affecting earth. A CME is scheduled to reach Earth with a powerful geomagnetic response with the possibility of strong storm levels. Auroras may become visible in the northern US states…
For the rest of this month and mid-October, the Comet of the Century, comet C/2023 A3 or Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, will be visible to observers. Although currently barely visible to the unaided eye, the comet’s visibility is expected to increase and become so bright that it “outshines the stars, Jupiter, and even Venus.” During late September and…
At 10 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 26, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, NASA will host a media briefing with other government agencies to discuss the Monday, April 8 rare total solar eclipse. Notable speakers from NASA and other government agencies will be participating in the event. NASA will be offering coverage of the eclipse…
COSMIC-2 satellite, Image/NOAA A collaboration between NOAA and NASA, ‘Earth from Orbit’ is a series of short videos and a short article with additional information that showcase a compelling weather event, environmental hazard, or interesting meteorological phenomenon each week, as seen by NOAA satellites. One example video details a series of nine “atmospheric rivers” from late Dec. 2022…
Filament of solar plasma, Image/NASA/SDO The sun recently lost a huge filament of solar plasma from its surface. The broken filament is circling its north pole like a vortex of powerful winds. Although a normal occurring event, scientists have yet to see it form such a polar whirlwind until now. Space.com recently elaborated on the solar…
Watch Water Studying Satellite Unfold in Space, Image/NASA/JPL-Caltech The U.S.-European Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite was recently launched into space. After deploying its solar arrays while in Earth orbit, the satellite’s two cameras captured the unfurling of its large mast and KaRIn antenna panels of the spacecraft’s main science instrument. The antennas were successfully deployed over…
Earth’s Magnetic Field, Image/ESA Magnetic signals measured by the European Space Agency’s Swarm satellite mission recently have been converted into sound and the results are phenomenal: “Despite being essential to life on Earth, the magnetic field isn’t something we can actually see in itself, or ever hear. But, remarkably, scientists at the Technical University of Denmark have taken…