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Giant Wall of Plasma on the Sun

This wall of plasma is roughly 67,000 miles high-large enough to fit several planets the size of Earth. While this looks like it could be a preview of the new season of Stranger Things, it is a time-lapse composite of real image sets from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. The images are from a coronal mass …

Satellite Image of the Sun during a solar storm via NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory from Saturday, March 23, 2024

A geomagnetic storm from a solar flare may push northern lights into the United States and disrupt radio communications

Space weather forecasters have issued a geomagnetic storm watch through Monday, March 25, 2024. A Geomagnetic storm from a solar flare may push northern lights into the United states and disrupt radio communications. This is fairly normal and is no reason for concern. Aurora forecasters at the Geophysical Institute, weather permitting, highly active auroral displays …