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It’s Back! The Giant Sunspot Cluster That Caused Stunning Auroras Is Facing Earth Again
Scientific American· 1 day ago“It seems this active region didn’t decay much,” says Kiran Jain, a heliophysicist at the National Solar Observatory. “It happens with active regions: they will decay a little ...
Missed May's Northern Lights? You Could Have Another Chance To See Them Soon!
InspireMore· 1 day agoFirst, there was a powerful geometric storm — the most powerful one in more than two decades, in...
That giant sunspot that supercharged auroras on Earth? It's back and may amp up the northern lights...
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory and National Science Foundation's Global Oscillation...Networks...
Auroras could paint Earth's skies again in early June. Here are the key nights to watch for.
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe monster sunspot responsible for May's vibrant auroras will be facing Earth again in a matter of...
The Sun Has a Mysterious Heartbeat, And We May Finally Know Why
ScienceAlert via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoThen, it gradually ramps up over the next few years. This manifests as an increase in sunspots, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections, until the peak known as solar maximum ...
Heliophysics Protected Us from the Great Solar Storm of 2024
Scientific American· 1 day agoWhere were you for the great solar storm of 2024? Sparked over the weekend of May 10 by several...
Aurora Alert: Clear Your Diary For These Dates In June, Say Experts
Forbes· 4 days agoA few nights either side of Thursday, June 6 is potentially the best time for another display of the...
Massive Magnetic Stars Detected Outside The Milky Way For The First Time
IFLScience· 1 day agoThe Sun has a magnetic field, and when this gets twisted it can lead to sunspots, whose effects the...
The Sun's Magnetic Field Might Only Be Skin Deep
Universe Today· 3 days agoThis cycle is the result of something inside the Sun—the solar dynamo. A team of scientists suggests that this big generator lies not far beneath the...
Sorry Spock, But "Vulcan" Isn't a Planet After All
Universe Today· 2 days agoIn 2018, astronomers detected an exoplanet around the star 40 Eridani. Not only is it the closest Super-Earth around a star similar to our Sun, but the star system is the fictional home of Star ...