Tag Archive | A HOLE IN THE SUN’S ATMOSPHERE

SPACEWEATHER: Starlink Interference with Comet PanSTARRS Sightings

The Beginning – 4 Times More Planned

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 04/17/2026

STARLINK DECLARES WAR ON COMETS: Earlier this year, the number of Starlink satellites in Earth orbit surpassed 10,000. You can see the evidence in the sky:

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SPACEWEATHER: A Spotless Sun and Light on the Way

The Sun Today, 02/22/2026, Credit: NASA/SDO

The Light of the Sun

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 02/22/2026

THE FIRST SPOTLESS DAY IN 4 YEARS: Click on this image and take a careful look around the solar disk. Can you find any sunspots? We can’t either:

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UPDATE: Jackie and Shadow, Big Bear Lake, CA

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SPACEWEATHER: The Evershed Effect, and an Opening in the Sun

The Beating Heart of the Sun

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 02/21/2026

THE EVERSHED EFFECT: Something is sucking plasma out of big sunspots. This week, David Wilson observed the process in action from his backyard observatory in Inverness Scotland. Behold, sunspot 4374:

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SPACEWEATHER: Gaping Coronal Hole Projects Solar Winds to Earth

Breath of Life and Fire of Spirit

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 03/24/2025

A HOLE IN THE SUN’S ATMOSPHERE: A large hole has opened in the sun’s atmosphere and it is releasing a stream of solar wind directly toward Earth. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is tracking the structure, which spans much of the sun’s southern hemisphere:

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SPACEWEATHER: Earth-directed Solar Winds and ISS Captures Gigantic Jet Lightning Bolt from Earth

Exchange Between Earth and Sky

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 02/27/2025

A HOLE IN THE SUN’S ATMOSPHERE: Minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are possible on March 1st when a stream of solar wind is expected to hit Earth’s magnetic field. The gaseous material is flowing from a large hole in the sun’s atmosphere, now squarely facing Earth. 

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