• A minor geomagnetic storm (KP=5) now in progress

    Earth has entered a high-speed solar wind stream, and this is causing geomagnetic activity at high latitudes. A minor Geomagnetic Storm (KP=5) is now in progress.The Solar Wind is currently around 600 km/s at this is helping stir up geomagnetic activity at high

  • An interplanetary shock wave swept past Earth on May 20th

    An interplanetary shock wave possibly associated with the M5-class solar flare of May 17th swept past Earth on May 20th around 02:00 UTC according to SpaceWeather. The shock’s arrival caused geomagnetic activity around the poles, and several outbreaks of

  • M5.1 solar flare generated S2 solar radiation storm

    A strong solar flare reaching M5.1 took place at 01:47 UTC Thursday morning. The flare was centered around Sunspot 1476 near the northwest limb. A bright CME was generated but because of the spots location, the plasma cloud will be headed mostly to the west.The

  • EU physicists use 20 new satellites to forecast space weather

    The northern lights interfere with radio communications, GPS navigation and satellite communications. Researchers are now going to launch 20 satellites containing world class instruments from the University of Oslo to find out why.Satellites are becoming increasingly

  • Solar activity update for May 10, 2012 – M5.7, M1.7

    A strong solar flare reaching M5.7 was detected around Sunspot 1476 and peaked at 04:18 UTC on Thursday, May 10, 2012. This event generated a 10cm Radio Burst.TenFlare – a 10cm radio burst indicates that the electromagnetic burst associated with a solar flare at the

  • Three M-class flares from Region 1476 on May 9, 2012

    Region 1476, now poised just to the east of center on the solar disk, produced an impulsive R1(Minor) Radio Blackout at 12:32 UTC (8:32 EDT) – M4.7 solar flare peaking at 12:32 UT then an M1.8 peaking at 14:08 UTC on May 09, 2012. The region is quite prominent,