Tag Archive | spaceweather 05-23-2024

A “CHRISTMAS STAR” IN MAY: Venus and Jupiter converged today, forming a spectacular pair only 0.25 degrees apart. No one could see it, though, because the conjunction occurred in broad daylight only a few degrees away from the blinding sun.

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SPACEWEATHER: Solar Filament Eruption Creates Canyon of Fire 05/23/2024

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SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 05/23/2024

THIS FILAMENT IS ABOUT TO BLOW: Update: It just blew. A filament of magnetism more than 400,000 km long lifted off the surface of the sun on May 23rd (0300 UT). It happened just hours after we predicted an eruption was in the offing.

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