The sun is becoming very active and you will be hearing more and more about space weather today, this week, and in the coming months. NOAA developed this excellent video to explain what space weather is and how it impacts life on Earth. Check out the "5 things" to know about it: | Weatherboy Weather

AURORAS IN AFRICA: For the first time in 30 years, Spaceweather.com has received photos of auroras in Africa. They appeared during the historic geomagnetic storm on May 10, 2024. Sophie Paulin photographed the red glow using an all-sky camera in Farm Hakos, Namibia (latitude 22.5° S): 📑Spaceweather | The Watchmen's Earth and Space connection

Happy #SunDay! This week’s space weather report includes: · 23 M-class flares · 3 C-class flares · 51 coronal mass ejections · 0 geomagnetic storms This video, from NOAA NWS Space Weather Prediction Center GOES-R satellite, shows the week’s activity. We normally share a video from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, but SDO’s data center is currently undergoing repairs (more: go.nasa.gov/3OBhnpA). In the interim, we’ll be featuring imagery from other Sun-watching spacecraft. More about flares & C

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