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The solar storms of May 2024 (also known as 2024 Mother's Day solar storm [1] or Gannon storm in memory of Jennifer Gannon, [2] a space weather physicist [3]) were a series of powerful solar storms with extreme solar flares and geomagnetic storm components that occurred from 10–13 May 2024 during solar cycle 25. The geomagnetic storm was the ...
The incoming solar storm arose from a strong flare near “Region 3500” on the Sun, scientists say. Solar storms are known to interfere with the Earth’s magnetic field and cause damages to ...
A "severe" solar storm could make the northern lights visible in the U.S. farther south than usual while also posing the potential to disrupt modern technology, according to the National Oceanic ...
Expect more of these aurora-brightening solar events in the coming months. ... On March 10, 1989, a huge solar flare caused a storm that surged the Quebec power grid, ...
Comparable in size to the May 2024 storms. [46] Oct 1903 Solar storm of Oct-Nov 1903 An extreme storm, estimated at Dst −531 nT arose from a fast CME (mean ≈1500 km/s), occurred during the ascending phase of the minimum of the relatively weak solar cycle 14, which is the most significant storm on record in a solar minimum period. Aurora was ...
Solar storms are known to disrupt satellite communications, but scientists now say that one extreme space weather event could cause “doomsday” on Earth. A huge solar storm is coming and could ...
Programming note: Tune in to CNN NewsNight: Solar Storm, hosted by Abby Phillip and Bill Weir, tonight from 10 p.m. to 12 a.m. ET. For the latest on the massive solar storm, head over to CNN’s ...
A severe solar storm may supercharge the northern lights from Friday through the weekend, with a chance to see auroras as far south in the U.S. as Alabama.