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SPACEWEATHER: Earth-directed Solar Flare, and Signs of More to Come
First Light of the Unexpected
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 08/31/2025
EARTH-DIRECTED SOLAR FLARE: The sun is a tricky star. While we were watching giant sunspot 4197, a different, much smaller sunspot erupted. On Aug 30th at 20:02 UTC, sunspot 4204 produced a long duration M2.7-class solar flare:
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SPACEWEATHER: Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Aug. 6, with its Near-Infrared Spectrograph instrument. Webb is one of NASA’s space telescopes observing this comet, together providing more information about its size, physical properties, and chemical makeup. Webb’s data, and a preprint is available online.
“Unlike nearly any comet in the Solar System”
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 08/26/2025 UPDATED
IS 3I/ATLAS REALLY A COMET? The most interesting mystery in astronomy right now is the nature of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. Most astronomers believe it is a comet. However, iconoclast Avi Loeb of Harvard University makes a compelling case that it might not be.
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SPACEWEATHER UPDATE: A Phalanx of Sunspots Turning Toward Earth.
A Field of Fire Moving Into Earth’s Strikezone
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 08/26/2025
EARTH IS ALMOST IN THE STRIKE ZONE: A phalanx of large sunspots is turning toward Earth. Sunspot 4199 is crackling with M-class flares, while big sunspot 4197 has a delta-class magnetic field that harbors energy for even stronger X-flares. Earth is almost in the strike zone of these active regions, and we will be squarely bulls-eyed later this week.
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SPACEWEATHER: Solar Flares, Proton Storms, Noctilucent Clouds (NLCs)
Light Raining Down On Earth
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 08/25/2025
THE FARSIDE SUNSPOTS HAVE ARRIVED: Last week, sunspot groups on the farside of the sun hurled multiple significant CMEs into space. Here’s an example. They’re not on the farside anymore. Today, the active regions are turning to face Earth:
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Astronomy News: May into June 2024
SOURCE: SOU (Secrets of the Universe) YouTube Channel
Sun, Moon, Planets, and Stars
Greetings Beloved Kin,
There are some stellar events on the horizon for the end of May into June 2024. Following are highlights of major events along with a link to the full forecast offered by SOU.
