Space Weather Prediction Center

Huge, solar flare-launching sunspot has rotated away from Earth. But will it return?

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Talk about a dramatic exit! The sunspot AR3664, which is about 15 times wider than Earth, has finally rotated out of our ...

More geomagnetic storms likely to continue today

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The strongest geomagnetic storm in more than 20 years slammed Earth on Friday, with explosions of plasma and magnetic fields causing some ...

Earth was just slammed with a “severe” geomagnetic storm

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The planet was just slammed with what government officials dubbed a severe geomagnetic storm, the second-highest level of NOAA’s rating system. The ...

Giant geomagnetic storm to slam into Earth, fueling auroras across northern US

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The sun has launched a blob of plasma toward Earth that could trigger a geomagnetic storm in the planet’s magnetic field, officials ...