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B IS FOR “BOMB”: Big sunspot AR2738 is crackling with B-class solar flares. This morning in France, astrophotographer Philippe Tosi caught the sunspot in mid-flare,…

Image:http://www.solarham.net/ Solar experts predict the Sun’s activity in Solar Cycle 25 to be below average, similar to Solar Cycle 24  Scientists charged with predicting the…

Space Weather picks up this week as we await some fast solar wind from a coronal hole to hit Earth. We have already felt the…

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“We are finally beginning to quiet down after exiting an extended source of sporadic fast solar wind hitting Earth over the past ten days. We…

“Although the Sun has quieted down this week , we have another chance for a solar storm coming. A pocket of fast solar wind will…

This week the Sun comes out of hibernation with a fast growing active region and a large coronal hole rotating into Earth view. Although the…

Sunspot group 2733 appeared on Tuesday with a sunspot number of 18, and on Wednesday it increased in size with a sunspot number of 19,…

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With 2019 set to see the bottom of the current solar cycle all eyes are looking towards Solar Cycle 25…. When will it start? When…

“This week we deal with more unsettled conditions as the Sun gives us a mixed bag of fast and slow solar wind streams. This means…

“The fast solar wind we have been enjoying over the past week from an extended coronal hole is finally beginning to wane. We will likely…

“The Sun quiets down this week while we wait get a good look at a returning coronal hole that could bring us another chance for…

“Our Sun keeps us on our toes this week by sending another solar storm our way, even as we continue to recover from the previous…

“The Sun keeps us waiting as a coronal hole that has rotated into the Earth-strike zone has yet to send us some fast wind. Considering…

We saw no sunspots during the reporting week, October 18-24, so average daily sunspot number dropped from 12.6 to zero. The dearth of sunspots continued…

Space Weather “After dishing out a set of solar storms over the past couple of weeks, the Sun finally calms down, but it hasnt gone…

“The Sun may be spotless and quiet right now, but it wont last. Two coronal holes will soon be rotating into the Earth-strike zone. The…

“This week was an unbelievable week for space weather. A G3-level solar event conspired with Hurricane Lane and set the stage for what became a…

“Hawaii Emergency Management declared that emergency communications during Hurricane Lane will be conducted through amateur radio, which could spell trouble with the coming solar storm…

“Be sure to watch to the end for a Parker Solar Probe Dedication! aurora shows, especially at high latitudes. Two coronal holes are rotating through…

Conditions were good for Field Day weekend, with no major geomagnetic disruptions, while solar flux and sunspot numbers were relatively high for this part of…

“Space Weather quiets down this week as the hoped for mini-solarstorm misses Earth to the south. Aurora photographers will need to wait a while longer…

Sunspot activity resumed this week, after no sunspots for seven consecutive days. Average daily sunspot number was 7.7, rising from 6.4 in the previous reporting…