The Sun is a complex physical body. It generates incredible amounts of heat and a strong, often tangled, magnetic field.
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From communications outages to a brush with nuclear war, solar events like flares and coronal mass ejections have shaped human history.
Space weather isn’t referring to rain clouds that float through the galaxy. Instead, it’s caused by massive explosions of particles that shoot out from the Sun.
Studying the Sun helps researchers understand how space weather can affect technology back on Earth.
While geomagnetic storms can lead to gorgeous aurora displays, they can also damage satellites and GPS.
The aurora is one of nature’s most spectacular sights, a dazzling glow in the upper atmosphere driven by space weather.
At a time in the sun’s cycle when space weather experts expect less solar activity, our star is going bonkers with solar flares and coronal mass ejections. What effects will Earth feel?
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Associate Professor, RMIT University
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Researcher in Astrophysics, Smithsonian Institution
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Space Physicist, NASA
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Astrophysicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian Institution
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Researcher in Astrophysics, Smithsonian Institution
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Associate Professor of Environmental History, Georgetown University
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