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Sun Unleashes an X1.8 Class Flare on Jan. 27, 2012
The sun unleashed an X1.8
class flare that began at
1:12 PM ET on January 27,
2012 and peaked at 1:37. The
flare immediately caused a
strong radio blackout at
... > full story
Classifying Solar Eruptions
Solar flares are giant
explosions on the sun that
send energy, light and high
speed particles into space.
These flares are often
associated with solar
magnetic storms known as
... > full story
Solar Flares: What Does It Take to Be X-Class? Sun Emits an X-Class Flare on August 9, 2011
Solar flares are giant
explosions on the sun that
send energy, light and high
speed particles into space.
These flares are often
... > full story
Exoplanet Aurora: An out-of-This-World Sight
Earth's aurorae, or Northern
and Southern Lights, provide
a dazzling light show to
people living in the polar
regions. Shimmering curtains
of green and red undulate
... > full story
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Strong Solar Storm Reaching Earth
September 26, 2011 — NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center -- the nation's official source of warnings and alerts about space weather and its impacts on Earth -- issued a warning for a strong, G3 geomagnetic storm on ... > full story -
Sunspot 1302 Continues to Turn Toward Earth
September 26, 2011 — A strong-to-severe (Kp=8) geomagnetic storm is in progress following the impact of a coronal mass ejection (CME) at approximately 8:15a.m. EDT (12:15 UT) on Sept. 26. The Goddard Space Weather Lab ... > full story -
NASA Sees the Sun Having a Solar Blast
June 7, 2011 — The Sun unleashed an M-2 (medium-sized) solar flare, an S1-class (minor) radiation storm and a spectacular coronal mass ejection (CME) on June 7, 2011 from sunspot complex 1226-1227. The large cloud ... > full story -
Solar Flare: Space Weather Disrupts Communications, Threatens Other Technologies
February 18, 2011 — A powerful solar flare has ushered in the largest space weather storm in at least four years and has already disrupted some ground communications on ... > full story -
Cluster Encounters 'Natural Particle Accelerator' Above Earth's Atmosphere: How Northern and Southern Lights Are Generated
February 1, 2011 — The European Space Agency's Cluster satellites have flown through a natural particle accelerator just above Earth's atmosphere. The data they collected are unlocking how most of the dramatic displays ... > full story -
Falkland Islands Radar Study Impacts Climate Research: New Equipment Will Monitor Activity Which Creates the ‘Southern Lights’
October 22, 2010 — Physicists and engineers have installed a radar system on the Falkland Islands to monitor the upper atmosphere activity which creates the 'Southern Lights'. The new radar joins a network of 22 such ... > full story -
New Views of Saturn's Aurora, Captured by Cassini
September 29, 2010 — A new movie and images showing Saturn's shimmering aurora over a two-day period are helping scientists understand what drives some of the solar system's most impressive light ... > full story -
New Solar Prediction System Gives Time to Prepare for the Storms Ahead
September 1, 2010 — A new method of predicting solar storms that could help to avoid widespread power and communications blackouts costing billions of pounds has been launched by researchers in the ... > full story -
A Decade of Studying the Earth's Magnetic Shield, in 3-D
August 31, 2010 — Space scientists around the world are celebrating ten years of ground-breaking discoveries by "Cluster," a mission that is illuminating the mysteries of the magnetosphere, the northern lights and the ... > full story -
Evidence of New Solar Activity from Observations of Aurora in New Zealand
August 15, 2010 — Scientists have obtained sub-visual evidence of the onset of a new cycle of solar-terrestrial activity. The key results being reported deal with the fact that recent auroral displays at high ... > full story
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