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2026 Could Be the Best Year for Northern Lights; Why Post-Solar Maximum Storms Are Set to Surge
The end of 2025 saw bright auroras over northern skies following a strong solar flare. In October 2024, NASA noted that the Sun had entered its solar maximum phase. Experts predicted that the most frequent and intense Northern Lights would likely occur throughout 2026. Even though solar activity has technically begun its gradual decline since the 2...
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NOAA Issues G2 Solar Storm Watch; May Spark Auroras but Threaten Satellite Signals
Space weather scientists are monitoring a coronal mass ejection expected to reach Earth around January 2–3, 2026. NOAA forecasts a G2-level geomagnetic storm, which is considered moderate but can still affect satellites, power grids and radio communications. While the event may bring vivid auroras to high latitudes, it also highlights the Sun’s...
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Green And Purple Auroras Are Lighting Up Skies Far Beyond The Poles, Here's Why
As enthusiasm for viewing the aurora grows, scientists are also working to understand their beauty as well as their environmental impacts.
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Solar Storm Could Trigger Satellite Collisions In Some Conditions: Study
A new study warns that a major solar storm could disable satellite controls and trigger cascading collisions in low Earth orbit within about three days.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Observes Solar Wind Making ‘U-Turn’, Shedding Light on Space Weather
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured solar wind reversing toward the sun, revealing how magnetic fields recycle coronal material. This process, seen during a close flyby, helps refine models of space weather and may allow scientists to better predict solar storms that can impact satellites, communications, and power systems across the solar system.
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Massive Sunspot Complex on the Sun Raises Risk of Strong Solar Storms
A massive sunspot complex has appeared on the Sun, covering an area comparable to the legendary Carrington Event region. Known as AR 4294-96, the active cluster features highly tangled magnetic fields that could unleash powerful solar flares and geomagnetic storms, potentially disrupting satellites, power grids, and global communications if Earth-d...
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India's Aditya-L1 Joins Global Effort To Study Solar Storm: ISRO
India's first solar observatory Aditya-L1 played a key role in helping scientists decode why the strongest solar storm in more than two decades that struck Earth in May 2024 behaved so unusually, ISRO said on Tuesday.
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Strongest Solar Flare of 2025 Sends High-Energy Radiation Rushing Toward Earth
A powerful X5.1 solar flare on November 11, 2025, sent high-speed protons toward Earth, producing the strongest radiation spike detected in nearly two decades. The event caused a rare ground-level enhancement, briefly raising radiation at flight altitude to ten times normal. While not dangerous this time, scientists warn larger flares could threate...
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With The Sun Nearing Its Peak, Aditya-L1 Prepares For Fierce Coronal Mass Ejections
Although CMEs do not directly harm humans, their impact on technological infrastructure can be severe.
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How Solar Radiation Glitch Sent An Airbus Jet Plunging And Sparked Worldwide Recall
Airbus has ordered urgent repairs for approximately 6,000 A320 jets worldwide after identifying a critical issue with the flight-control software.
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Stealth Solar Storm Hits Earth, Leaves Scientists Surprised
Stealth CMEs are typically more common when the Sun is in the waning phase of its 11-year solar activity cycle.
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Intense Solar Storm With Huge CMEs Forced Astronauts to Take Shelter on the ISS
A major solar storm in mid-November 2025 dazzled Earth with vivid auroras but forced astronauts on the ISS to take radiation precautions. Russian cosmonauts sheltered in the station’s heavily protected Destiny lab, while other crew members stayed in shielded quarters as controllers limited access to higher-risk modules during the event.
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Skies Illuminate In Colours As Intense Solar Storm Brings Beautiful Auroras Worldwide: See Pics
The recent solar storms are classified as G4 (severe) and G5 (extreme), causing widespread disruptions to satellite communications, GPS, and power grids.
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Sun Unleashes Strongest Flare of 2025, Causing Global Radio Blackouts
On Nov. 11, 2025, the Sun erupted with an X5.1-class flare, disrupting shortwave communications across Africa and Europe. The flare’s X-rays and UV radiation ionized Earth’s upper atmosphere, causing R3-level radio blackouts. NOAA warned that a coronal mass ejection could reach Earth on Nov. 12, potentially triggering strong geomagnetic storms ...
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Solar Flare, Strongest Of 2025, Causes Widespread Radio Blackouts In Europe And Africa
The X5.1-class flare has the potential to disrupt satellite communications, GPS and power grids.
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2026 Could Be the Best Year for Northern Lights; Why Post-Solar Maximum Storms Are Set to Surge
The end of 2025 saw bright auroras over northern skies following a strong solar flare. In October 2024, NASA noted that the Sun had entered its solar maximum phase. Experts predicted that the most frequent and intense Northern Lights would likely occur throughout 2026. Even though solar activity has technically begun its gradual decline since the 2...
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NOAA Issues G2 Solar Storm Watch; May Spark Auroras but Threaten Satellite Signals
Space weather scientists are monitoring a coronal mass ejection expected to reach Earth around January 2–3, 2026. NOAA forecasts a G2-level geomagnetic storm, which is considered moderate but can still affect satellites, power grids and radio communications. While the event may bring vivid auroras to high latitudes, it also highlights the Sun’s...
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Green And Purple Auroras Are Lighting Up Skies Far Beyond The Poles, Here's Why
As enthusiasm for viewing the aurora grows, scientists are also working to understand their beauty as well as their environmental impacts.
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Solar Storm Could Trigger Satellite Collisions In Some Conditions: Study
A new study warns that a major solar storm could disable satellite controls and trigger cascading collisions in low Earth orbit within about three days.
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Observes Solar Wind Making ‘U-Turn’, Shedding Light on Space Weather
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured solar wind reversing toward the sun, revealing how magnetic fields recycle coronal material. This process, seen during a close flyby, helps refine models of space weather and may allow scientists to better predict solar storms that can impact satellites, communications, and power systems across the solar system.
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Massive Sunspot Complex on the Sun Raises Risk of Strong Solar Storms
A massive sunspot complex has appeared on the Sun, covering an area comparable to the legendary Carrington Event region. Known as AR 4294-96, the active cluster features highly tangled magnetic fields that could unleash powerful solar flares and geomagnetic storms, potentially disrupting satellites, power grids, and global communications if Earth-d...
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India's Aditya-L1 Joins Global Effort To Study Solar Storm: ISRO
India's first solar observatory Aditya-L1 played a key role in helping scientists decode why the strongest solar storm in more than two decades that struck Earth in May 2024 behaved so unusually, ISRO said on Tuesday.
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Strongest Solar Flare of 2025 Sends High-Energy Radiation Rushing Toward Earth
A powerful X5.1 solar flare on November 11, 2025, sent high-speed protons toward Earth, producing the strongest radiation spike detected in nearly two decades. The event caused a rare ground-level enhancement, briefly raising radiation at flight altitude to ten times normal. While not dangerous this time, scientists warn larger flares could threate...
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With The Sun Nearing Its Peak, Aditya-L1 Prepares For Fierce Coronal Mass Ejections
Although CMEs do not directly harm humans, their impact on technological infrastructure can be severe.
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How Solar Radiation Glitch Sent An Airbus Jet Plunging And Sparked Worldwide Recall
Airbus has ordered urgent repairs for approximately 6,000 A320 jets worldwide after identifying a critical issue with the flight-control software.
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Stealth Solar Storm Hits Earth, Leaves Scientists Surprised
Stealth CMEs are typically more common when the Sun is in the waning phase of its 11-year solar activity cycle.
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Intense Solar Storm With Huge CMEs Forced Astronauts to Take Shelter on the ISS
A major solar storm in mid-November 2025 dazzled Earth with vivid auroras but forced astronauts on the ISS to take radiation precautions. Russian cosmonauts sheltered in the station’s heavily protected Destiny lab, while other crew members stayed in shielded quarters as controllers limited access to higher-risk modules during the event.
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Skies Illuminate In Colours As Intense Solar Storm Brings Beautiful Auroras Worldwide: See Pics
The recent solar storms are classified as G4 (severe) and G5 (extreme), causing widespread disruptions to satellite communications, GPS, and power grids.
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Sun Unleashes Strongest Flare of 2025, Causing Global Radio Blackouts
On Nov. 11, 2025, the Sun erupted with an X5.1-class flare, disrupting shortwave communications across Africa and Europe. The flare’s X-rays and UV radiation ionized Earth’s upper atmosphere, causing R3-level radio blackouts. NOAA warned that a coronal mass ejection could reach Earth on Nov. 12, potentially triggering strong geomagnetic storms ...
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Solar Flare, Strongest Of 2025, Causes Widespread Radio Blackouts In Europe And Africa
The X5.1-class flare has the potential to disrupt satellite communications, GPS and power grids.
