Search News

On July 14, 2000, one of the most powerful solar events of the space age erupted from the sun, which became known as the Bastille Day Solar Event.

Human space exploration in the U.S. took another major step forward this spring in preparing for space weather risks.

On June 25, 2024, GOES-U, the final satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NOAA contributes 90% of the weather information used by the defense and intelligence communities. Satellites offer a view unrivaled by terrestrial technology.

The JPSS VIIRS Day/Night Band, with its low-light sensitivity, captures auroras and shows how solar particles interact with Earth’s atmosphere.

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has released the results of the nation’s first end-to-end Space Weather (SWx) Tabletop Exercise (TTX), which was held on May 8-9, 2024. The After Action Report is now available to the public.

Here is a list of some of the most memorable solar events that have affected us here on Earth.

Near real-time preliminary data from NOAA’s first Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), a powerful solar telescope onboard the GOES-19 satellite, are now publicly accessible.