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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 ...
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 ...
The same sunspots responsible for a solar storm on May 10 will soon face Earth again, ... But an increased chance of solar activity is expected over the next two years, French said.
On 9 October, a M1.6 class solar flare erupted sending a coronal mass ejection that hit Earth on 12 October, triggering a (moderate) G2 geomagnetic storm. [39] The second X-class flare of the solar cycle erupted on 28 October, producing a CME and a S1 solar radiation storm. [40]
Solar storms send particles flowing from the sun that get caught up in Earth's magnetic field, causing colorful auroras to form as they interact with molecules of atmospheric gases. In the months ...
MORE: Northern lights on display across the eastern US amid 'severe' solar storm The best times to view the northern lights are between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time, according to NOAA.
At a G4, this one is just a single level away from being the most severe solar storm possible, according to NOAA. Storm watches at the G4 level don't come along very often: The last one issued by ...
A solar storm is a disturbance on the Sun, which can emanate outward across the heliosphere, affecting the entire Solar System, including Earth and its magnetosphere, and is the cause of space weather in the short-term with long-term patterns comprising space climate.