SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 03/16/2024
SOMETHING FLARE-Y THIS WAY COMES: Today, March 16th (1635 UT), Earth-orbiting satellites detected an impulsive M3.5-class solar flare. The source was just behind the sun’s southeastern limb.
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SPACEWEATHER UPDATE: SOLAR POLAR SHIFT WATCH
RESOURCE: The National Solar Observatory (NSO) is the national center for ground-based solar physics in the United States (www.nso.edu) and is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences.
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: OCT 06, 2023
THE SUN’S MAGNETIC POLES ARE DISAPPEARING: The sun is about to lose something important: Its magnetic poles.
Recent measurements by NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory reveal a rapid weakening of magnetic fields in the polar regions of the sun. North and south magnetic poles are on the verge of disappearing. This will lead to a complete reversal of the sun’s global magnetic field perhaps before the end of the year.
