#NorthernLights may be visible from several US states Friday and Saturday as giant hole opens up in sun's atmosphere. Via @live_science #SkyWatchers ๐ŸŒƒโœจ๐ŸŒ  #SolarStorms #SolarFlare #CarringtonEvent #AuroraBorealis #CME #CoronalMassEjection #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy ๐Ÿš€ ๐ŸŒŒ โ˜„๏ธ ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ

Northern lights may be visible...
Northern lights may be visible from several US states Friday and Saturday as giant hole opens up in sun's atmosphere

A large hole opened up in the sun's atmosphere this week, spewing high-speed solar winds that will paint northern lights displays across several U.S. states this weekend.

Live Science
Northern lights could be visible as far south as Illinois & Oregon tonight. Via @spacedotcom #SkyWatchers ๐ŸŒƒโœจ๐ŸŒ  #SolarStorms #SolarFlare #CarringtonEvent #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights #CME #CoronalMassEjection #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy ๐Ÿš€ ๐ŸŒŒ โ˜„๏ธ ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ

Northern lights could be visib...
Northern lights could be visible as far south as Illinois and Oregon tonight

Fast solar wind could spark geomagnetic storms tonight, pushing auroras into mid-latitudes.

Space
A worst-case solar storm could knock out satellites, GPS and power grids, report warns. Via @spacedotcom #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy ๐Ÿš€ ๐ŸŒŒ โ˜„๏ธ ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ #SolarStorms #SolarFlare #CarringtonEvent #CME #CoronalMassEjection

A worst-case solar storm could...
A worst-case solar storm could knock out satellites, GPS and power grids, report warns

Scientists outline how a once-in-a-century solar storm could disrupt the technology modern society depends on.

Space
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NASA Interview Opportunity: Moonbound! NASAโ€™s Artemis II Mission Days From Launch โ€” First Crewed Journey Around the Moon in More Than 50 Years! ๐ŸŒ‘๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿš€

#Artemis #Aurorae #Biological&PhysicalSciences #CME #Cleanroom #GeomagneticStorm #HDTV #HumanSpaceflight

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#SpaceWeather : #Sun โ˜€๏ธ activity jumped to moderate over the past day, with 24 total flares. Three of them were M, or moderate flares, and one was edging up toward being an X flare

Forecast:

๐Ÿ“† April 4 we might get more G1-G2 (minor-moderate) #geomagnetic storms
๐Ÿ“† April 5 possibly with more G1 enhancements
๐Ÿ“† April 6 unsettled-to-active conditions as effects from the solar wind stream and #CME start to subside

https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-news-activity-solar-flare-cme-aurora-updates/

Sun news: Newcomer sunspot region fires an almost-M flare

EarthSky | Updates on your cosmos and world
Unlike the easily predictable #radiation โ˜ข๏ธ exposures from flying through the Van Allen Belts or basking in the background flux of #galactic ๐ŸŒŒ cosmic rays, the dose an #astronaut gets from #solar โ˜€๏ธ activity can vary enormously. Predicting #SpaceWeather remains a decidedly inexact ๐Ÿ”ฎ #science. High-energy #protons and #ions can tear through metal and flesh alike, damaging #DNA and other delicate cellular machinery. Typically, these showers are linked to #CME https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/space-weather-could-threaten-nasas-artemis-ii-astronauts-during-their-trip/
Space weather could threaten NASAโ€™s Artemis II astronauts during their trip to the moon

A major solar storm during the Artemis II mission could harm astronauts. Hereโ€™s how NASA is protecting them

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#SpaceWeather : The chance for strong flares โ˜€๏ธ increased to 20%. The main driver is active region #AR4405

Forecast:

๐Ÿ“† April 1: A #CME may provoke enhancements up to G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storming late today

๐Ÿ“† April 2: G1 (minor) #geomagnetic storm levels expected

๐Ÿ“† April 3: Unsettled to active conditions may occur. A chance of G1 (minor) storm intervals exists if the next coronal holeโ€™s fast solar wind stream arrives earlier than expected

https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-news-activity-solar-flare-cme-aurora-updates/

Sun news: Newcomer sunspot region fires an almost-M flare

EarthSky | Updates on your cosmos and world

NASAโ€™S PUNCH Images Eruptions from the Sun โ˜€๏ธ

#CME #CoronalMassEjections #Hyperwall #SpaceWeather #Sun

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