#spaceweather

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NOAA’s SOLAR-1 Enters New Era Of Space Weather Monitoring -- https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaas-solar-1-enters-new-era-of-space-weather-monitoring <-- shared technical article -- https://www.spaceweather.gov/ <-- shared NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) home page -- https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/our-satellites/future-programs/swfo/space-weather-observations-l1-advance-readiness-solar-1 <-- shared SOLAR-1 overview and details page -- https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/our-environment/space-weather <-- shared overview of space weather and its risk, hazards & impacts -- [I was lucky enough to see the launch from the Kennedy Space Center of GOES-19/U, my first launch - and love reading about the ‘ongoing story’…] #spaceweather #solar #monitoring #risk #hazard #impacts #humanimpacts #SOLAR1 #SOLAR-1 #SpaceWeatherPredictionCenter #NOAA #NESDIS #earlywarningsystem #monitoring #risk #hazard #mitigation #infrastructure #satellites #electric #powergrid #blackouts #brownouts #transformers #utilities #energy #aviation #nationalsecurity #defence #missileguidance #agriculture #farming #precisionagriculture #GPS #vanigation #transportation #spaceflight #LaGrange #L1 #protection #coronagraph #SWPC #NESDIS #opendata #publicgood #fedservice #fedscience#NOAA
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Remember Comet Lovejoy? In 2011 it skimmed the Sun and survived. Now Comet MAPS (C/2026 A1) is up next. Since Jan. 13 it’s brightened 5 magnitudes (100×). On April 4 it dives just ~160,000 km above the Sun—inside the corona. That’s bold. Now 13th magnitude, it’s within reach of mid-sized scopes under dark skies (South favored, some North too) Will it survive or vaporize? Details & maps: https://spaceweather.com/ Photo: Gerald Rhemann & Michael Jäger #Comet #Sungrazer #Astronomy #SpaceWeather
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🚨 BIG SUNSPOT ALERT 🚨 Sunspot 4366 didn’t exist days ago—now it’s nearly 10× wider than Earth and already fired off a triple-peaked M7–X1–M6 solar flare lasting over 6 hours. Its unstable magnetic field means more flares are likely. A radio blackout followed… and space weather may not be done yet. Track it live: https://spaceweather.com/ #Sunspot #SolarFlare #SpaceWeather #Sunspot4366 #XClassFlare #Astronomy
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