Tag: Solar Flare
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Earth in Flux: Magnetic Shifts, Solar Storms, and What They Mean for Africa
Recent scientific updates reveal our planet is experiencing significant geophysical changes, from a wandering magnetic pole to intensified solar activity. While these events unfold over vast timescales, they have tangible effects on the technology and natural systems we depend on. π§ The Moving Magnetic North Pole The magnetic north pole is not fixed. Unlike the…
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Solar Storms and Africa: Understanding the Sun’s Recent Fury and Its Impact
The Sun, our life-giving star, has been unusually active. In recent weeks, a series of powerful solar eruptions have sent waves of charged particles toward Earth, triggering geomagnetic storms that have disrupted technology and painted skies with auroras. For Africa, this isn’t just distant space weather; it has already caused significant radio communication blackouts across…
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Space Weather Report for Pan-Africa β April 2024
Increased Solar Activity and Lunar Phases Influence Earthβs Space Environment 1. Solar Flare & Geomagnetic Activity The Sun has entered a period of heightened activity, with multiple moderate (M-class) solar flares detected in the past week. The most significant eruption occurred on April 2, 2024, from sunspot region AR3663, releasing an M5.6 flare. This event…
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X-Class Flare Hurled a Significant CME into Space
Active sunspot AR3842 erupted again on Oct. 7th (1913 UTC), producing an X2-class solar flare (movie). The explosion hurled a significant CME into space. SOHO coronagraph images show the CME and Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, which is passing between Earth and the sun today. The CME is going to hit both the comet and Earth, in that…
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What’s Happening on the Farside of the Sun?
A magnificent halo CME billowed away from the farside of the sun yesterday,the second time this week this has happened. A hidden sunspot group transiting the farside is crackling with activity. If it were facing Earth, we would now be bracing for geomagnetic storms. New Update:New data courtesy of the ESA Solar Orbiter shows that…
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