Space Weather

Sky on Fire Tonight: Giant ‘Solar Canyon’ Aims 800‑km/s Wind at Earth—Northern Lights Could Ignite 15 U.S. States & Test Global Tech

Northern Lights Alert: Major Solar Storm Could Ignite Stunning Aurora Displays Across North America

What’s Causing the Aurora Spectacle? The Northern Lights (aurora borealis) occur when bursts of solar plasma slam into Earth’s magnetic field and excite atmospheric gases. In this case, four CMEs from an

16 October 2025

SpaceX Falcon 9 to Launch Triple “Space Weather” Mission Guarding Earth

Unveiling a New “Space Weather” Mission Trio In a single launch, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will boost a trio of missions that promise to illuminate how the Sun influences our cosmic neighborhood –

19 September 2025

Earth Protection · Satellite Technology · Space · Space Exploration · Space Weather · SpaceX News

Sky on Fire Tonight: Giant ‘Solar Canyon’ Aims 800‑km/s Wind at Earth—Northern Lights Could Ignite 15 U.S. States & Test Global Tech

NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center issued a G2 (moderate) geomagnetic‑storm watch for the night of 25 June 2025. A negative-polarity coronal hole crossing the Sun’s central meridian is releasing plasma at roughly

25 June 2025

Earth Science · Northern Lights · Solar Storms · Space Weather · Technology

Solar Tempests & Orbital Guardians: The Secret Life of Space-Weather Satellites

1859: British astronomer Richard Carrington observed a powerful solar flare, and within a day telegraph systems worldwide went haywire while auroras appeared near the equator—the Carrington Event, the largest geomagnetic storm on

20 June 2025

NYSE:BA · NYSE:LHX · NYSE:LMT · NYSE:NOC · NYSE:RTX · Satellites · Science · Space · Space Weather · Technology

Space-Weather Satellites: Earth’s Cosmic Early Warning System

SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory), launched in 1995, became the first satellite to continuously observe the Sun from the Sun–Earth L1 point and carries the LASCO coronagraph, enabling CME tracking and the

8 June 2025

Cosmic Events · Early Warning · Earth · Satellites · Space-Weather