Space Weather, Solar Flares & Sun Storms: Latest News
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![Rosetta mission poster showing the deployment of the Philae lander to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AXUuNnqhBVM7qLKJSPEqzU-320-80.jpg)
How ordinary spacecraft sensors could improve our understanding of space weather
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
"It's why we never throw anything away – you don't know what secrets are being stored in the data beamed down from space."
![Satellites of the U.S. Global Positioning System orbit 12,550 miles above Earth.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/esCihtso3qcXJEnQ7p4SYV-320-80.jpg)
GPS satellites threatened more by mild solar storms than monster sun flares
By Tereza Pultarova published
Mild solar storms can cause more serious problems to GPS satellites than once-in-a-century events, a new study has found.
![An x flare bursting from the sun in August 2023.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Dv52M9KDR3ERfsWZ5DysF7-320-80.jpg)
Powerful sun storm knocks out radio transmissions across North America
By Tereza Pultarova published
A powerful solar flare disrupted radio and navigation signals across North America on Monday and prompted space weather forecasters to issue warnings because of energetic particles hitting Earth.
![A coronal mass ejection seen on October 28, 2021.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dnp89g4WLQXXQD8gTXiYL3-320-80.png)
1st solar eruption to simultaneously impact Earth, moon and Mars shows dangers of space radiation
By Robert Lea published
In 2021, a coronal mass ejection that erupted from the sun was seen across a staggering range of 155 million miles. It spit energetic particles toward Mars, the Earth and the moon.
![An illustration of the International Space Station over Earth on the left. On the right, a photo of the Multi-Needle Langmuir Probe](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hkS9Se4ouLv3gKpuwWN7UP-320-80.png)
Space weather forecasts to get a boost from new probe on the International Space Station
By Robert Lea published
A new space weather sensor is heading to the International Space Station to help scientists understand how the sun's outbursts alter Earth's upper atmosphere.
![a white tower surrounded by a ring of objects in a desert mountain landscape](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/P3EESVzeiX2NgDt2Sc7rVX-320-80.jpg)
China begins trial operations with world's largest solar telescope array
By Andrew Jones published
The world's largest array of sun-monitoring radio telescopes has begun trial operations in southwest China.
![illustration of a spacecraft studying purplish auroras over the planet mercury, with the blackness of space in the background](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8Ej4T4UTvjm4CxhTESUZVk-320-80.jpg)
Auroras across the solar system are powered in the same way, Mercury results suggest
By Charles Q. Choi published
The way in which the radiant displays of colors in the sky known as auroras form on Earth may be how these lights arise throughout the solar system, according to new findings from Mercury.
![An image of the sun with a white ring surrounding the flash of a solar flare](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HtB6jRtv82Fnsz88Xarv5h-320-80.jpg)
'Cannibal' coronal mass ejection that devoured 'dark eruption' from sun will smash into Earth on July 18
By Harry Baker published
Two coronal mass ejections have combined into an enormous cloud of magnetized plasma that is forecast to hit Earth on Tuesday and potentially trigger a strong geomagnetic storm.
![telescopic image of the sun showing a big tornado erupting](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/np2AjsX8PgsqtcjjSWcCAi-320-80.jpg)
Stunning solar tornado swings into space above the glowing sun (video)
By Miguel Claro published
A new video shows off the sun's incredible power. A 'solar tornado' erupted from the surface in April, and you can watch it in 4K resolution.
![a large cloud of material erupts from the sun](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xRMbHmiMhBvpHk5KRPcxoh-320-80.png)
A 'double punch' of solar storms could smash into Earth and spark widespread auroras this week
By Robert Lea published
As the U.S. celebrated July 4, the sun hosted its own fireworks display in the form of a coronal mass ejection "double punch" that NASA predicts could strike Earth on Friday (July 7).
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