Clik here to view.
China Launches a New Satellite Megaconstellation
Aug. 6, 2024: Earth orbit is about to get a lot more crowded. On Aug. 6th, China launched the first 18 satellites of its new Thousand Sails megaconstellation. Sky watchers in the USA watched it happen...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Bright Comet is Approaching Earth
Sept. 20, 2024: (Spaceweather.com) Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) has just emerged from behind the sun, and its appearance has astronomers buzzing with anticipation. “The comet is brightening...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Solar Maximum in the Sun’s Southern Hemisphere
Nov. 4, 2024: At the end of October, amateur astronomer Senol Sanli made a composite 31-day image of the month’s sunspots. Take a look. Notice anything? The two hemispheres of the sun are not the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Warning From the Trees: Miyake Events
Jan. 30, 2025: (Spaceweather.com) How bad can a solar storm be? Just ask a tree. Unlike human records, which go back hundreds of years, trees can remember solar storms for millennia. Nagoya University...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Unprecedented Starlink Reentries
Feb. 5, 2025 (Spaceweather.com): What goes up, must come down–which could be a problem when you’re launching thousands of satellites. Since 2018, SpaceX has placed more than 7,000 Starlink satellites...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Solar Max — Is a Second Peak Coming?
March 10, 2025: Last October, NOAA and NASA announced that Solar Max has arrived. Only half the sun got the memo. The majority of solar activity has been happening in just one of the sun’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Solar Storms Are Driving Farmers Crazy
April 22, 2025: (Spaceweather.com) Planting season is a hectic time for farmers. For many, it means working through the night using GPS-guided tractors to plant thousands of acres in a short period of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Electric Forest: Trees Respond to a Solar Eclipse
May 12, 2025 (Spaceweather.com): Solar eclipses aren’t just for homo sapiens. Researchers have long known that birds, insects, and many mammals pay attention when the Moon slides in front of the sun....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trees Remember an Ice Age Solar Storm
May 21, 2025: (Spaceweather.com) More than 14 thousand years ago, there was a solar storm so big, trees still remember it. Dwarfing modern solar storms, the event would devastate technology if it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Biggest Forbush Decrease in 20 Years
June 4, 2025 (Spaceweather.com) — Solar storms are supposed to make radiation go up, right? A severe solar storm on June 1st did just the opposite. The Oulu Cosmic Ray Station in Finland registered...
View Article