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M9.0 solar flare with earth-directed CME

maandag 23 december 2024 17:53 UTC

Sunspot region 3932 produced an M9.0 (R2-moderate) solar flare today which peaked at 11:12 UTC. The solar flare was fairly impulsive but it was associated with a Type II radio emission indicating the possible launch of a coronal mass ejection something which we can confirm now thanks to SOHO/LASCO coronagraph imagery.

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X2.2 solar flare, SDO outage

zondag 8 december 2024 14:12 UTC

Good morning everyone it's Sunday and the Sun is up early today with a banger! She unexpectedly produced an X2.2 solar flare which peaked at 09:06 UTC. It is sunspot region 3912 which was the source of this event.

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Major far side eruption, S1 radiation storm

donderdag 21 november 2024 20:44 UTC

The minor S1 solar radiation storm threshold was reached this evening. This is unfortunately not the result of a front side eruption but a major far side eruption behind the west limb. The Sun's magnetic field or Parker Spiral which wraps around the solar system carries the protons from the far side all the way to the Earth and beyond.

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Coronal hole faces Earth

maandag 11 november 2024 15:54 UTC

Northern hemisphere sky watchers are having a cracking start to their aurora season. The past few months, we have had major solar flares, coronal mass ejection impacts and in general fairly high geomagnetic activity. Welcome solar maximum! So many people have already spotted aurora from their locations even those who do not live close to the arctic circle. Really amazing to see... and today we have more good news for you as we have a coronal hole facing our planet today which is sending a high speed solar wind stream towards our planet.

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X2.0 solar flare

vrijdag 1 november 2024 17:13 UTC

Two weekends ago we attended the 2024 Aurora Summit in Wisconsin, USA of which we were a proud platinum sponsor. A truly unforgettable experience to meet so many enthusiastic visitors who use our website and app on a daily basis. An event we will never forget. After that we Europeans traveled the fantastic American south-west so apologies if our updates have been irregular the past 14 days. But for sure, if you have the possibility, be sure to visit next year's summit and maybe we will see you there!

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X1.8 solar flare, severe geomagnetic storm watch

woensdag 9 oktober 2024 14:29 UTC

Wow. We are writing this news article with a heart filled with excitement. This night at 01:56 UTC we had a major solar flare which launched an equally as impressive coronal mass ejection into space. Earth-facing sunspot region 3848 produced a long duration X1.8 solar flare (R3-strong) which peaked at 01:56 UTC. This region is in a perfect earth-facing position and it became quickly clear that it was an eruptive solar flare.

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Double X-flares, glancing blow possible

dinsdag 8 oktober 2024 17:14 UTC

Solar activity reached high levels with an X2.1 solar flare that peaked at 19:02 UTC yesterday. This event came from sunspot region 3842 which was followed by a long duration X1.0 solar flare which was a combined effort between sunspot region 3842 and 3844.

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Incoming CME, G3 geomagnetic storm watch

zaterdag 5 oktober 2024 12:09 UTC

The anticipated CME from the X7 solar flare has turned out to be a nothing-burger. There was no notable impact and aurora displays were confined mostly to arctic latitudes.

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X9.0 solar flare! Strongest flare of Solar Cycle 25!

donderdag 3 oktober 2024 18:06 UTC

Sunspot region 3842 is on fire! This region is in a perfect earth-facing position and today produced the strongest solar flare of the current solar cycle! It was an X9.05 solar flare (R3-strong) that peaked at 12:18 UTC. This is in fact the strongest solar flare in 7 years. The last time we had solar flares bigger than this one was back in 2017! Yes that is the previous Solar Cycle!

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X7.1 solar flare with earth-directed CME

woensdag 2 oktober 2024 02:43 UTC

A major X7.1 solar flare (R3 radio blackout) peaked on 1 October at 22:20 UTC. The eruption took place around complex Beta-Gamma-Delta sunspot region 3842 close to the center of the earth-facing solar disk. This was in fact the second strongest solar flare of the current Solar Cycle thus far! An exciting jump in solar activity after a relatively quiet period with multiple potent sunspot regions currently on the solar disk!

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