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In May last year, the United States government hosted its first-ever “Space Weather Tabletop Exercise,” a hypothetical ...
Space weather forecasting doesn't yet command the same resources as Earth weather forecasting, even though the stakes are ...
The most powerful eruption of 2025 so far was observed last week, and caused a 10-minute period of 'degraded communications' for high-frequency radio systems in the Middle East.
Northern Michigan could see the northern lights, or aurora borealis, the nights of May 16 and 17, weather permitting. Here's what to know.
A powerful solar flare erupted early Tuesday, disrupting radio signals across Earth, said the NOAA Space Weather Prediction ...
There's another chance to see the northern lights in Wisconsin on May 17 and 18. Here's when and where you can catch a glimpse.
New spending restrictions for some federal agencies are creating extra hoops for scientists to jump through to fix earthquake ...
according to the Space Weather Prediction Center. Auroras typically form at heights ranging from about 50 to 75 miles, though they can reach heights of up to 620 miles. The lights appear in a ...
Solar flares are sudden bursts of radiation triggered by magnetic energy buildup in the Sun's atmosphere. An X-class flare - ...
The flare originated from sunspot region AR4087 and peaked at 4:25 a.m. EDT, according to the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), disrupting communications on the sunlit side of Earth.
Similar to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), which issues forecasts for space weather impacts on Earth, NASA has dedicated teams at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland ...
The intense eruption came from sunspot region AR4087 and peaked at 4:25am EDT (0825 GMT) on Tuesday (May 14), according to the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). The powerful X2.7-class ...