NOAA has quietly reported that they will soon decommission 14 datasets, products, and catalogs related to earthquakes and marine, coastal, and estuary science. According to the list, these data sources will be “decommissioned and will no longer be available” by early- to mid-May.
Taken by Aaron Watson on February 26, 2025 @ West Elk Mountains, Colorado
I was out stargazing and noticed what appeared to be dark streaks across the sky. The sky looked bright like there were high altitude clouds, and the dark streaks looked like clear patches. A 20 second exposure with the Nikon D750 revealed the green glow. The ripples passed overhead then accumulated in a green band towards the southern horizon. Interestingly, KP index raised to near kp4 just before this happened or was happening.
So solarham has suddenly shut down his site to "spend more time with family"....gotta say, the timing is interesting, though he has recently updated the notice to say that he will provide "some data". Not sure why he can't just host all the data and just don't bother with his forecasts and updates, he could even monetize it with ads to pay for itself. I'm thinking somebody has given him a head's up that Trump/Musk are going to be defunding the spaceweather agency and taking away all the solar data (or making it user pays) so he's just got ahead of it all.
Saw this and found the timing of it interesting as well...though not surprised. I'm going to be using spaceweatherlive more often now too. Going through my bookmarks and found a few other sites I may start exploring more...
An impulsive X2.0 solar flare (R3 Radio Blackout) was detected peaking at 19:27 UTC (Feb 23). Thesource was AR 4001 which is now located off the northwest limb. Any associated CME should be directed away from Earth. viasolarham.com
Can't stand this shill but this information is significant, we can all feel time accelerating and it's only going to continue. I think they know the masses are going to start noticing it a lot more soon (judging by the comments on the video lots of people already are) so they're getting out in front of it, saying the planet's rotation is "speeding up"...don't be surprised if the media start talking about this too.
So no updates to the data since yesterday, apparently employees from NASAs JPL Flintridge Facility had to evacuate due to the fires (Lab has not been damaged) and so now the data is no longer available. Wow who would have guessed that in a time of Ai and automated tech that this data needed be manually updated by NASA employees. I don't know about you guys but something's very off about this.
From spaceweather,.com
"Rumour" has it? WTF ....where are the official announcements?? Hello, is this a government agency or a group of backyard cowboys who work by putting rumours out? Fuck off, give us an official statement NASA, what the fuck happened? We are in 2025 not 1974, why doesn't your equipment just automatically update without the need of some NASA employee manually updating it? Unless of course NASA employees need to check what the data is revealing first before they allow it to be made public.
Looks like it is updating again now....but how fucking retarded that NASA employees need to be there manually updating the data. 🤡🌎 Just confirms that they are checking the data before it's released to the public.
Yee haw...another X flare and an M Flare from this new sunspot 3947 which is now turning towards us....we could be in for a very active week of flaring....
An X1.2 solar flare (R3 Level Radio Blackout) was just detected at 11:39 UTC (Jan 3) around newly assigned active sunspot region 3947 in the northeast quadrant. This is the first X-Flare of 2025.
Give it a few days and let it percolate through the bowels of Mother Earth and watch the volcanic activity really start to escalate...no doubt some big quakes coming too.
I too recall when the higher storm levels were coded with purple. Definitely in for some more earth shaking and eruptions. I laughed at your above gif and also that 'G2 storm threshold was reached at 10:44 UTC'. 😍✨
Exceptionally fast, Extremely Rare CME launched from farside of the Sun
The CME was classified as an ER-type (Extremely Rare) by CCMC DONKI (Community Coordinated Modeling Center’s Database Of Notifications, Knowledge, Information), with an estimated speed of approximately 3 161 km/s (1 964 miles/s).
This speed is notably higher than some of the fastest historically recorded CMEs, such as those associated with the 2003 “Halloween storms,” which were recorded at speeds below 3 000 km/s.
Been definitely feeling it this past week. Super intense energy in solar plexus and heart. Have not felt it to this degree of intensity before or the continuity and length of duration. Still ongoing now.
Happy to hear your headache has subsided Sarah. Mag Phos is helpful for pain in general and depending on headache 'type' can be useful in alleviating pain but yah, sometimes nothing helps and just have to ride it out.
Agree with you both on him being a bit too new age focused. Certainly not promoting the channel but I do find his explanation of the schumann helpful and this vid just gave confirmation on the anomalies we are seeing in the current graph depicted as well as providing links to the studies mentioned throughout.
Thanks Sis ❤️ Yeah I'm glad it's away now...5 days! Then no sleep....I was like the crazy lady! 😅 It felt like a cluster headache with a band around my head . I used to get those years ago then they just stopped and wondering if it was during a previous solar max 🤔 Another thing I need to check ...
Yeah he's great at explaining and providing info. I agree though, too New Cagey for me....
Yes, I've been noticing that too. Was wondering if one of the causes is due to the changes in the magnetic field creating a shift in the structure of the filaments.
A returning sunspot region now reassigned AR 3869 just produced a strong X3.3 solar flare at 03:57 UTC (Oct 24). A type II radio emission with an estimated velocity of 610 km/s was recorded. This event will be associated with a coronal mass ejection (CME) based on dimming following the event. via solarham.com
Maybe because my eyes are young and the magnetic field is weakening, but I can physically look at the red and green auroras. I live in an urban area; lot of light pollution. This is not normal. The pictures with my phone I can physically see. Shits real and people think it’s human made. I’m losing braincells just thinking that idea. Truly all the signs are out there and people can’t face it. Crazy absorption.
I think some are so disconnected they don't feel anything, some might feel it but just put it down to feeling a bit under the weather. I absolutely feel the effects and sometimes they will start just before it starts, both Rochelle and I both reported feeling the effects of this one the day before it all escalated.
A major X4.5 solar flare was produced by AR 3825 on September 14th, 2024 @ 15:29 UTC. The event was associated with a fast moving halo coronal mass ejection (CME). via solarham.com
STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORM PREDICTED: A CME hurled into space by today's X4.5-class solar flare will graze Earth on Sept. 16th, according to a NASA model. NOAA forecasters are predicting a strong G3-class geomagnetic storm when the CME arrives. During G3 storms, auroras can sometimes be seen with the naked eye from mid-latitudes--e.g., as far south as California, Missouri and Colorado in the USA. via spaceweather.com
A strong X1.3 solar flare was just detected around a new active region turning into view off the southeast limb. The time of the flare was 09:43 UTC (Sept 12). We will get a better look at the source region during the next 24 hours. A further update will be provided later this morning if a CME is associated. - via solarham.com
Still no word from them about what's been causing the elevated proton event (still in progress) and geomagnetic disturbance over the last four days so I guess we're just supposed to pretend that it never happened and focus on this "unexpected CME impact" instead....not just a bunch of clowns, a bunch of deceitful lying fucks too.
This has been the spaceweather forecast for the last few days, even as we are having an elevated proton event and there is clearly a geomagnetic disturbance taking place they have not revised their claims of no CMEs heading for earth or explained what's causing this....
Yet another mid latitude aurora after a "surprise" G3 Geomagnetic storm, the second in two weeks...and their gaslighting is next level, if this was common in solar max why weren't we getting all these mid latitude auroras last solar max? As I always say, when they have to tell us something is common it means it's not otherwise they wouldn't need to tell us.
THE CME HAS ARRIVED: A CME hurled toward Earth by an X1-class solar flare on Aug 14th has arrived. It hit our planet's magnetic field on Aug. 17th around 1400 UT. The relatively weak impact could spark G1-class geomagnetic storms with auroras at hight latitudes. via spaceweather.com ....wrong again 🤡s it was a strong G3
BIG FARSIDE SUNSPOTS: There are two sunspot groups on the farside of the sun so big they are affecting the way the whole sun vibrates. Helioseismic maps suggest that one of them will turn toward Earth this weekend. The appearance of another big sunspot group would help keep sunspot numbers elevated at their current 20-year high. - via spaceweather.com
A long duration X1.1 solar flare was just observed around AR 3784 peaking at 06:39 UTC (Aug 14). The active region is currently directly facing Earth and this event may be eruptive based on the latest imagery courtesy of SDO/AIA 093a. via solarham.com
An X1.3 solar flare was detected around AR 3777 at 19:35 UTC. A type II radio emission with an estimated velocity of 1026 km/s was recorded. Coronal dimming is already evident meaning a coronal mass ejection (CME) is likely. Due to the event location facing Earth, it will more than likely be directed towards our planet. via solarham.com
Not sure what fucking around with our emojis is going to do, this isn't a Forum focused on "popularity" it's a Forum where truths are relayed, that's not going to change regardless of them taking away the emojis on our posts.
X-CLASS SOLAR FLARES: Earth-orbiting satellites have detected two strong X-class solar flares on Aug. 5th. One (X1.7) came from departing sunspot AR3767 near the sun's western limb, the other (X1.1) from giant new sunspot AR3780 near the eastern limb. Shortwave radio blackouts occured over the Atlantic Ocean and the Americas as a result of the flares. More X-flares are in the offing especially from AR3780. via spaceweather.com
So basically there is now a new ring of charged, high-energy particles encircling Earth ⚡️⚡️⚡️...yeh totally normal, nothing to see here folks...
Normally, Earth is encircled by two stable belts of charged particles, but powerful solar storms in May 2024 have created a third, transient band to this protective barrier.
This newly developed band, located between the existing inner and outer belts, is made up of high-energy particles and is likely to remain for months or even years, depending on current solar and space weather conditions.
The new radiation belt was discovered by researchers at the Colorado Internal Radiation Belt Investigation (CIRBE) CubeSat project and announced on July 31.
The monthly solar flux and sunspot number averages for the month of July is now official. Both the SFI and SSN reached new highs for solar cycle 25 and highest values in over 22 years.
The solar flux average average was 198.6 and this is the highest it has been since February 2002 during solar cycle 23 when it was 205.6. The sunspot number average for last month was 196.5. This is the highest SSN value since December 2001 when the count was 213.4. via solarham.com
These CMEs are flying into a void created by the earlier Cannibal CME. With little interplanetary material to slow them down, the storm clouds should reach Earth no later than July 31st, potentially intensifying any geomagnetic storm already underway. If the G3 forecast is correct, auroras will be visible at mid-latitudes across Europe and the USA on July 30-31.
An X1.5 solar flare was just detected around AR 3764/3766 peaking at 02:37 UTC (July 29th). The active region is now directly facing our planet and is in a great position for potential Earth directed eruptions.
The CME sprayed energetic particles all over the solar system. Earth itself was hit by 'hard' protons (E > 100 MeV) despite being on the opposite side of the sun.
"This is a big one--a 360 degree event," says George Ho of the Southwest Research Institute, principal investigator for an energetic particle detector onboard SolO. "It also caused a high dosage at Mars."
SolO was squarely in the crosshairs of the CME, and on July 24th it experienced a direct hit. In a matter of minutes, particle counts jumped almost a thousand-fold as the spacecraft was peppered by a hail storm energetic ions and electrons.
"This is something we call an 'Energetic Storm Particle' (ESP) event," explains Ho. "It's when particles are locally accelerated in the CME's shock front [to energies higher than a typical solar radiation storm]. An ESP event around Earth in March 1989 caused the Great Quebec Blackout."
So that's what might have happened if the CME hit Earth instead of SolO. Maybe next time. The source of this blast will rotate around to face our planet a week to 10 days from now, so stay tuned.
After a short lull, sunspots are on the rise again. Sunspot region AR3738 is growing swiftly in size and has developed a delta region with beta-gamma-delta magnetic complexity. The region already produced 2 M flares prior to 11 UTC today. AR3738 rotated into view around July 5 and has grown over 6 times in size. Today, it has the area of 2 planet Earths.
Unexpected severe geomagnetic storm,they predicted a minor G1 and instead we were slammed by a G4...WRONG again, bunch of fucking 🤡s ...and you know, it's not about them being wrong, it's about the fact they hold themselves up as our infallible gods who must never be questioned or disagreed with...
''When it blows, T CrB will burst forth as an extra jewel in the "Northern Crown" (the constellation Corona Borealis)''
T CrB is a "recurrent nova." That means it erupts not just once, but over and over again. Its explosion in 1866 was the first nova astronomers had ever seen in detail. "No one knew what caused it," says Schaefer. Another blast in 1946 established its period (79 or 80 years) and led researchers to the modern interpretation:
Located 3000 light years away, T CrB is a binary star system consisting of an ancient red giant circled by a hot white dwarf. Hydrogen from the red giant spills onto the surface of the white dwarf. It takes about 80 years to accumulate a critical mass, then--BOOM--a thermonuclear explosion occurs. "It's an H-bomb that blows up on an incredibly large scale," says Schaefer.
After an explosion, the process resets and repeats. Looking at old light curves, Schaefer realized that T CrB tells us when it's about to explode. Approximately 1.1 years before each blow-up, there's a "pre-eruption dip" in brightness. Amateur astronomers working with the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) detected the pre-eruption dip in March 2023:
"If the star behaves in 2023-2024 as it did in 1945-1946, then the next eruption should take place in 2024.4+-0.3," says Schaefer. "That's May 2024 plus or minus a few months."
The explosion will be visible to the naked eye. Schaefer expects it to be about as bright as the North Star (2nd magnitude). When it blows, T CrB will burst forth as an extra jewel in the "Northern Crown" (the constellation Corona Borealis), easy to find high in the summer night sky between Hercules and Bootes.
"T CrB will be the brightest nova for generations," says Schaefer. "It's a chance for everyone in the world to step outside, look up, and see the hellfire."
Almost an X flare, this is from that former beast sunspot responsible for the May 10/11th geomagnetic event now on the last leg of it's second round trip and exiting off the western limb, a massive ejection of plasma accompanied this flare as you can see in this image and looking at the data we got an instant proton surge.
Via spaceweather.comUNEXPECTED GEOMAGNETIC STORM: This was not in the forecast. An interplanetary shock wave unexpectedly hit Earth's magnetic field on June 7th (11:30 UT), sparking a G2-class geomagnetic storm. The shock wave might have been a previously unrecognized CME, either too faint to see or misclassified as a farside event. The storm, which lasted approximately 6 hours, is over now. ...bunch of 🤡s
NOAA Datasets Will Soon Disappear
NOAA has quietly reported that they will soon decommission 14 datasets, products, and catalogs related to earthquakes and marine, coastal, and estuary science. According to the list, these data sources will be “decommissioned and will no longer be available” by early- to mid-May.
https://eos.org/research-and-developments/noaa-datasets-will-soon-disappear
https://eos.org/research-and-developments/noaa-datasets-will-soon-disappear
via spaceweather.com
via solarham.com
This is going to juice up everything, expect some more destructive weather events, volcanic eruptions and big tectonic shifts...
via solarham.com
www.solarham.com
via spaceweather.com
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Taken by Aaron Watson on February 26, 2025 @ West Elk Mountains, Colorado
https://spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=220535
Latest update from Solarham, he's got all the solar data back online (well at least until Trump/Musk take it down or make it user pays).
However this data is missing....
So solarham has suddenly shut down his site to "spend more time with family"....gotta say, the timing is interesting, though he has recently updated the notice to say that he will provide "some data". Not sure why he can't just host all the data and just don't bother with his forecasts and updates, he could even monetize it with ads to pay for itself. I'm thinking somebody has given him a head's up that Trump/Musk are going to be defunding the spaceweather agency and taking away all the solar data (or making it user pays) so he's just got ahead of it all.
Anyway I will be using this platform from now on:
https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/index.html
Schumann
Сонограмма КНЧ шумов (UTC + 7 часов) — Space Observing System
Амплитуды ШР (UTC + 7 часов) — Space Observing System
We always knew this time would come, they're going to take away our access to the data soon...
via spaceweather.com
High energy protons are literally off the charts!
via solarham.com
We are now in a proton storm...
An impulsive X2.0 solar flare (R3 Radio Blackout) was detected peaking at 19:27 UTC (Feb 23). The source was AR 4001 which is now located off the northwest limb. Any associated CME should be directed away from Earth. via solarham.com
via spaceweather.com
Schumann. Am unable to copy graph from site so I had to do a search and found this from a few hours ago. Link to sites to see current data.
ELF Noise Sonogram (UTC + 7 hours) – Space Observing System
XR Amplitudes (UTC + 7 hours) — Space Observing System
via spaceweather.com
via solarham.com
Study finds statistical link between solar activity and rainfall variability
https://watchers.news/2025/01/27/study-finds-statistical-link-between-solar-activity-and-rainfall-variability/
Can't stand this shill but this information is significant, we can all feel time accelerating and it's only going to continue. I think they know the masses are going to start noticing it a lot more soon (judging by the comments on the video lots of people already are) so they're getting out in front of it, saying the planet's rotation is "speeding up"...don't be surprised if the media start talking about this too.
via spaceweather.com
So no updates to the data since yesterday, apparently employees from NASAs JPL Flintridge Facility had to evacuate due to the fires (Lab has not been damaged) and so now the data is no longer available. Wow who would have guessed that in a time of Ai and automated tech that this data needed be manually updated by NASA employees. I don't know about you guys but something's very off about this.
From spaceweather,.com
"Rumour" has it? WTF ....where are the official announcements?? Hello, is this a government agency or a group of backyard cowboys who work by putting rumours out? Fuck off, give us an official statement NASA, what the fuck happened? We are in 2025 not 1974, why doesn't your equipment just automatically update without the need of some NASA employee manually updating it? Unless of course NASA employees need to check what the data is revealing first before they allow it to be made public.
Another Xflare and we are now moving into a proton storm....
via solarham.com
Yee haw...another X flare and an M Flare from this new sunspot 3947 which is now turning towards us....we could be in for a very active week of flaring....
SAR arcs were not detected until 1958, and only about 100 such events have ever been measured. They are thus considered rare events. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/RG011i004p00935
via spaceweather.com
via solarham.com
An X1.2 solar flare (R3 Level Radio Blackout) was just detected at 11:39 UTC (Jan 3) around newly assigned active sunspot region 3947 in the northeast quadrant. This is the first X-Flare of 2025.
via spaceweather.com
https://www.solarham.com/
Schumann
Schumann Resonance Today ⚡️ Power 30 - DNI
Solar activity ramps up with three X-class and over 20 M-class solar flares in 24 hours
https://watchers.news/2024/12/30/solar-activity-ramps-up-with-three-x-class-and-over-20-m-class-solar-flares-in-24-hours/
via spaceweather.com
via solarham.com
Exceptionally fast, Extremely Rare CME launched from farside of the Sun
The CME was classified as an ER-type (Extremely Rare) by CCMC DONKI (Community Coordinated Modeling Center’s Database Of Notifications, Knowledge, Information), with an estimated speed of approximately 3 161 km/s (1 964 miles/s).
This speed is notably higher than some of the fastest historically recorded CMEs, such as those associated with the 2003 “Halloween storms,” which were recorded at speeds below 3 000 km/s.
https://watchers.news/2024/12/19/exceptionally-fast-extremely-rare-cme-launched-from-farside-of-the-sun/
I’m feeling it as well 💥
All impulsive flares...something is changing with our star...
via solarham.com
Latest pic of our star...
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"Offline due to flooding"....
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The patterns...especially yesterday!
via spaceweather.com
There have been 19 M Flares and 1 X Flare in the past 48 hours
...and a large plasma filament
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Still in a proton storm....and feeling it! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
via solarham.com
via spaceweather.com
A returning sunspot region now reassigned AR 3869 just produced a strong X3.3 solar flare at 03:57 UTC (Oct 24). A type II radio emission with an estimated velocity of 610 km/s was recorded. This event will be associated with a coronal mass ejection (CME) based on dimming following the event. via solarham.com
NOAA and NASA announced that Solar Cycle 25 has officially reached solar maximum. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14683
via spaceweather.com
G4 Geomagnetic Storm
Another X....
We're also in an Proton Storm... ⚡️⚡️⚡️
Just had a double Xflare and we're in a G2 Geomagnetic storm:
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via solarham.com
This big boy....
A major X4.5 solar flare was produced by AR 3825 on September 14th, 2024 @ 15:29 UTC. The event was associated with a fast moving halo coronal mass ejection (CME). via solarham.com
STRONG GEOMAGNETIC STORM PREDICTED: A CME hurled into space by today's X4.5-class solar flare will graze Earth on Sept. 16th, according to a NASA model. NOAA forecasters are predicting a strong G3-class geomagnetic storm when the CME arrives. During G3 storms, auroras can sometimes be seen with the naked eye from mid-latitudes--e.g., as far south as California, Missouri and Colorado in the USA. via spaceweather.com
via spaceweather.com
Can't remember the last time I saw a 12 hour long M Flare...
via solarham.com
A strong X1.3 solar flare was just detected around a new active region turning into view off the southeast limb. The time of the flare was 09:43 UTC (Sept 12). We will get a better look at the source region during the next 24 hours. A further update will be provided later this morning if a CME is associated. - via solarham.com
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"The current solar cycle (Solar Cycle 25) wasn't expected to be this strong." via spaceweather.com <--- bunch of fucking 🤡s
Still no word from them about what's been causing the elevated proton event (still in progress) and geomagnetic disturbance over the last four days so I guess we're just supposed to pretend that it never happened and focus on this "unexpected CME impact" instead....not just a bunch of clowns, a bunch of deceitful lying fucks too.
via spaceweather.com
This has been the spaceweather forecast for the last few days, even as we are having an elevated proton event and there is clearly a geomagnetic disturbance taking place they have not revised their claims of no CMEs heading for earth or explained what's causing this....
via spaceweather.com
So what the fuck is this then?
via solarham.com
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Cumiana (NW Italy) Monitoring Station - Live data (vlf.it)
More sunspot weirdness...
via spaceweather.com
Yet another mid latitude aurora after a "surprise" G3 Geomagnetic storm, the second in two weeks...and their gaslighting is next level, if this was common in solar max why weren't we getting all these mid latitude auroras last solar max? As I always say, when they have to tell us something is common it means it's not otherwise they wouldn't need to tell us.
via the clowns at spaceweather.com
THE CME HAS ARRIVED: A CME hurled toward Earth by an X1-class solar flare on Aug 14th has arrived. It hit our planet's magnetic field on Aug. 17th around 1400 UT. The relatively weak impact could spark G1-class geomagnetic storms with auroras at hight latitudes. via spaceweather.com ....wrong again 🤡s it was a strong G3
Confirming once again how clueless they are.
“Our unexpected results continue to show how little we know about cosmic rays,” AMS spokesperson Samuel Ting said.
and...
BIG FARSIDE SUNSPOTS: There are two sunspot groups on the farside of the sun so big they are affecting the way the whole sun vibrates. Helioseismic maps suggest that one of them will turn toward Earth this weekend. The appearance of another big sunspot group would help keep sunspot numbers elevated at their current 20-year high. - via spaceweather.com
A long duration X1.1 solar flare was just observed around AR 3784 peaking at 06:39 UTC (Aug 14). The active region is currently directly facing Earth and this event may be eruptive based on the latest imagery courtesy of SDO/AIA 093a. via solarham.com
via spaceweather.com
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An X1.3 solar flare was detected around AR 3777 at 19:35 UTC. A type II radio emission with an estimated velocity of 1026 km/s was recorded. Coronal dimming is already evident meaning a coronal mass ejection (CME) is likely. Due to the event location facing Earth, it will more than likely be directed towards our planet. via solarham.com
X-CLASS SOLAR FLARES: Earth-orbiting satellites have detected two strong X-class solar flares on Aug. 5th. One (X1.7) came from departing sunspot AR3767 near the sun's western limb, the other (X1.1) from giant new sunspot AR3780 near the eastern limb. Shortwave radio blackouts occured over the Atlantic Ocean and the Americas as a result of the flares. More X-flares are in the offing especially from AR3780. via spaceweather.com
So basically there is now a new ring of charged, high-energy particles encircling Earth ⚡️⚡️⚡️...yeh totally normal, nothing to see here folks...
Normally, Earth is encircled by two stable belts of charged particles, but powerful solar storms in May 2024 have created a third, transient band to this protective barrier.
This newly developed band, located between the existing inner and outer belts, is made up of high-energy particles and is likely to remain for months or even years, depending on current solar and space weather conditions.
The new radiation belt was discovered by researchers at the Colorado Internal Radiation Belt Investigation (CIRBE) CubeSat project and announced on July 31.
Another extremely rare sympathetic flare event....that's three this year, not so rare anymore huh.
via spaceweather.com
The monthly solar flux and sunspot number averages for the month of July is now official. Both the SFI and SSN reached new highs for solar cycle 25 and highest values in over 22 years.
The solar flux average average was 198.6 and this is the highest it has been since February 2002 during solar cycle 23 when it was 205.6. The sunspot number average for last month was 196.5. This is the highest SSN value since December 2001 when the count was 213.4. via solarham.com
via spaceweather.com
These CMEs are flying into a void created by the earlier Cannibal CME. With little interplanetary material to slow them down, the storm clouds should reach Earth no later than July 31st, potentially intensifying any geomagnetic storm already underway. If the G3 forecast is correct, auroras will be visible at mid-latitudes across Europe and the USA on July 30-31.
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An X1.5 solar flare was just detected around AR 3764/3766 peaking at 02:37 UTC (July 29th). The active region is now directly facing our planet and is in a great position for potential Earth directed eruptions.
via solarham.com
Unusual red line of light seen shining over Texas coast (chron.com)
via spaceweather.com
The CME sprayed energetic particles all over the solar system. Earth itself was hit by 'hard' protons (E > 100 MeV) despite being on the opposite side of the sun.
"This is a big one--a 360 degree event," says George Ho of the Southwest Research Institute, principal investigator for an energetic particle detector onboard SolO. "It also caused a high dosage at Mars."
SolO was squarely in the crosshairs of the CME, and on July 24th it experienced a direct hit. In a matter of minutes, particle counts jumped almost a thousand-fold as the spacecraft was peppered by a hail storm energetic ions and electrons.
"This is something we call an 'Energetic Storm Particle' (ESP) event," explains Ho. "It's when particles are locally accelerated in the CME's shock front [to energies higher than a typical solar radiation storm]. An ESP event around Earth in March 1989 caused the Great Quebec Blackout."
So that's what might have happened if the CME hit Earth instead of SolO. Maybe next time. The source of this blast will rotate around to face our planet a week to 10 days from now, so stay tuned.
Proton event continues...that must have been a massively intense blast on the far side of the sun for us to still be getting the impacts like this...
farsideCME.gif (512×512) (spaceweather.com)
via solarham.com
After a short lull, sunspots are on the rise again. Sunspot region AR3738 is growing swiftly in size and has developed a delta region with beta-gamma-delta magnetic complexity. The region already produced 2 M flares prior to 11 UTC today. AR3738 rotated into view around July 5 and has grown over 6 times in size. Today, it has the area of 2 planet Earths.
Sun news July 10: AR3738 grows in size and complexity (earthsky.org)
Unexpected severe geomagnetic storm,they predicted a minor G1 and instead we were slammed by a G4...WRONG again, bunch of fucking 🤡s ...and you know, it's not about them being wrong, it's about the fact they hold themselves up as our infallible gods who must never be questioned or disagreed with...
''When it blows, T CrB will burst forth as an extra jewel in the "Northern Crown" (the constellation Corona Borealis)''
T CrB is a "recurrent nova." That means it erupts not just once, but over and over again. Its explosion in 1866 was the first nova astronomers had ever seen in detail. "No one knew what caused it," says Schaefer. Another blast in 1946 established its period (79 or 80 years) and led researchers to the modern interpretation:
Located 3000 light years away, T CrB is a binary star system consisting of an ancient red giant circled by a hot white dwarf. Hydrogen from the red giant spills onto the surface of the white dwarf. It takes about 80 years to accumulate a critical mass, then--BOOM--a thermonuclear explosion occurs. "It's an H-bomb that blows up on an incredibly large scale," says Schaefer.
After an explosion, the process resets and repeats. Looking at old light curves, Schaefer realized that T CrB tells us when it's about to explode. Approximately 1.1 years before each blow-up, there's a "pre-eruption dip" in brightness. Amateur astronomers working with the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) detected the pre-eruption dip in March 2023:
"If the star behaves in 2023-2024 as it did in 1945-1946, then the next eruption should take place in 2024.4+-0.3," says Schaefer. "That's May 2024 plus or minus a few months."
The explosion will be visible to the naked eye. Schaefer expects it to be about as bright as the North Star (2nd magnitude). When it blows, T CrB will burst forth as an extra jewel in the "Northern Crown" (the constellation Corona Borealis), easy to find high in the summer night sky between Hercules and Bootes.
"T CrB will be the brightest nova for generations," says Schaefer. "It's a chance for everyone in the world to step outside, look up, and see the hellfire."
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The launch of GOES-U and the deployment of the final EXIS instrument represent a significant advancement in the monitoring of space weather.
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Already in a proton storm....!!
Almost an X flare, this is from that former beast sunspot responsible for the May 10/11th geomagnetic event now on the last leg of it's second round trip and exiting off the western limb, a massive ejection of plasma accompanied this flare as you can see in this image and looking at the data we got an instant proton surge.
Via spaceweather.com UNEXPECTED GEOMAGNETIC STORM: This was not in the forecast. An interplanetary shock wave unexpectedly hit Earth's magnetic field on June 7th (11:30 UT), sparking a G2-class geomagnetic storm. The shock wave might have been a previously unrecognized CME, either too faint to see or misclassified as a farside event. The storm, which lasted approximately 6 hours, is over now. ...bunch of 🤡s
ATel #16642: Swift/XRT captures a bright X-ray flare from the Galactic center (astronomerstelegram.org)