Category Archives: Space Weather

Stunning Flares, CMEs and coronal loops in gradient solar video

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) helped create this stunning display of sharply defined coronal loops using a gradient filter on imagery of the sun next to fuzzier, cooler areas that…

Strong to Extreme Space Weather Warning issued from CME

A solar space weather storm is in progress. This weekends CME has caused NOAA to issue a Strong to extreme storm warning. This could cause electrical issues and problems with…

CME headed for Earth from Sunspot 1577, impact 9/30/12

NOAA  estimates 50 percent chance of Earth impact. NOAA forecasters estimate a 50 percent chance the coronal mass ejection (CME) solar  from sunspot will impact earth on September 30th. . The…

Angry looking sunspots make for a nasty apearing sun set to have flares and CMEs

Looking at this image of the sun from solisHE you can see significant sunspots poised to create CMEs,, and solar flares at any moment. While there have been some storms…

Spectacular CME Solar Flare from AR 1560 4/31/12- Video

Since August 30th Sunspot AR1560 has more than quadrupled in size since August 30th. NOAA forecasters estimate a 40% chance of M-class solar fares during the next 48 hours as…

NASA Launches Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore our planet’s radiation belts, launched into the predawn skies at 4:05a.m. EDT Thursday from Cape…

Sunspot AR1532 emits M6 Class CME at Earth

A CME cloud is heading for Earth from Sunspot AR1532. The forecast track prepared by analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab shows the CME will reach our planet on…

Sun Erupts a 7.6 Million Mile per hour Coronal Mass Ejection from Sunspot 1520

Sunspot 1520 may have turned away from earth but it is still very active. On July 23rd it erupted a CME that sent matter speeding away from the sun at…