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It’s been one year since the most intense solar storm in decades created worldwide auroras. What have we learned? Solar Storm

It’s been one year since the most intense solar storm in decades created worldwide auroras. What have we learned?

The northern lights fill the sky with green ribbons of electrical charged particles over the barn and pastures at Greaney's Turkey Farm in Mercer, Maine on May 11, 2024. (Image credit: Michael Seamans/Getty Images) I'll never forget the night of May 10, 2024. I remember having dinner with a friend…
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May 10, 2025
The US isn’t prepared for a big solar storm, exercise finds Solar Storm

The US isn’t prepared for a big solar storm, exercise finds

Artist's illustration of a superstorm erupting from the sun. (Image credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Genna Duberstein) A first-of its-kind space weather "tabletop" exercise has revealed major weaknesses in America's preparedness for severe solar storms. In May 2024, participants representing local and national government agencies gathered at the Johns Hopkins…
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May 9, 2025
A telescope’s powerful new tool may offer a better way to predict solar storms Solar Storm

A telescope’s powerful new tool may offer a better way to predict solar storms

An image captured by the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii shows sunspots on the star's surface. VTF/KIS/NSF/NSO/AURA/The National Solar Observatory (NSO) hide caption toggle caption VTF/KIS/NSF/NSO/AURA/The National Solar Observatory (NSO) The most powerful solar telescope in the world has recorded a major milestone atop an active volcano in…
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May 3, 2025
Ancient Sunscreen: How Early Humans Survived a Solar Storm Apocalypse 41,000 Years Ago Solar Storm

Ancient Sunscreen: How Early Humans Survived a Solar Storm Apocalypse 41,000 Years Ago

About 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have survived increased solar radiation caused by a weakening magnetic field by using sunscreen-like ochre, tailored clothing, and caves. Neanderthals, lacking these technologies, likely faced greater exposure and disappeared around the same time. Ancient Homo sapiens may have survived a spike in solar…
bubmag
April 20, 2025
Liftoff! NASA’s Twin Missions Launch to Unravel the Big Bang & Solar Storms Solar Storm

Liftoff! NASA’s Twin Missions Launch to Unravel the Big Bang & Solar Storms

SPHEREx, NASA’s latest astrophysics observatory, has launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket alongside PUNCH, a mission studying solar wind. SPHEREx will create a 3D map of the universe, helping to uncover cosmic history and the building blocks of life. Its observations will complement those of telescopes like Hubble and Webb...Read…
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March 12, 2025
Aurora alert: Incoming solar storm could spark northern lights as far south as New York tonight Solar Storm

Aurora alert: Incoming solar storm could spark northern lights as far south as New York tonight

An Incoming solar storm could strike Earth tonight, triggering geomagnetic storm conditions and northern lights as far south as New York and Idaho. (Image credit: Alan Perlman / 500px via Getty Images) Heads up aurora chasers! We could be in for a treat tonight. A coronal mass ejection (CME) from…
bubmag
March 4, 2025