#space weather

[without-ado]

as always l The Oatmeal l ⬇txt-edited

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courtesy of Nikolas Cikala who captured this aurora display from Svinia, Slovakia around 10:40pm local time, Jan. 19, 2025

[mothshit22]

a little timelapse of the night sky ‹‹

[spacewonder19]

Monster Auroras during Solar Storm (x x x)

[starry-eyed-amethyst]

orion nebula by NASA hubble space telescope & my doodle of what i saw <3

[cursedomlets99]

Got inspired to do art for Project Hail Mary! I had so much fun drawing this and I’m hoping to get more picture done!! I’m super excited and proud with how this came out!!

[mindblowingscience]

We need a solar sail probe to detect space tornadoes earlier, researchers say

Spirals of solar wind can spin off larger solar eruptions and disrupt Earth's magnetic field, yet they are too difficult to detect with our

Spirals of solar wind can spin off larger solar eruptions and disrupt Earth's magnetic field, yet they are too difficult to detect with our current single-location warning system, according to a new study from the University of Michigan. But a constellation of spacecraft, including one that sails on sunlight, could help find the tornado-like features in time to protect equipment on Earth and in orbit.

Continue Reading.

[dduane]

Biggest solar flare since 2017 erupts from sun and Earth is in the firing line (video)

On Oct. 3, the sun released the most powerful solar flare this solar cycle, a colossal X9.05 eruption.

This is a significantly bigger flare than the one that triggered the aurorae in May. So we'll see what we get...

(See also the article at SpaceWeatherLive.com.)