Solar News

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I'll quote block the text from a larger post that is about non-science stuff.

November 29, 2023 9:57 pm
In particular, one thing that I will be watching in the months ahead is the sun. A cluster of very large sunspots has become extremely active, and scientists are warning that this group could potentially pose a danger for our planet…
https://www.businessinsider.in/science/ ... 551147.cms

A cluster of sunspots has rolled into view of Earth and may send a solar storm our way as early as Saturday.
The cluster includes about a dozen sunspots that are around 125,000 miles wide— about 15 times bigger than our planet, Space.com reported.
The group is very active. It had already shot out three M-class and several C-class solar flares before it came into view, per spaceweather.com.

The article that I just quoted above was written before a “full halo CME” was unleashed on Wednesday…
https://www.foxweather.com/earth-space/ ... torm-watch
On Wednesday, SWPC said a fourth CME, known as a full halo CME, prompted forecasters to upgrade the G2 watch to a G3-level geomagnetic storm watch for Friday. Full halo CMEs send out solar material away from the Sun in all directions, appearing halo-like, and usually result in geomagnetic storms at Earth.

“This faster-moving halo CME is progged to merge with 2 of the 3 upstream CMEs, all arriving at Earth on Dec. 1,” according to SWPC.

We have already seen more activity during this solar cycle than we did during the last solar cycle, and this solar cycle is not expected to peak until next year at the earliest…

Unfortunately, a new study reveals that this solar maximum is coming sooner than expected – most likely in early 2024.

The new forecast comes from an Indian team of researchers and contrasts with the latest forecast from NASA, which puts its arrival at late 2025.

If you think that the past few years have been chaotic, just wait until you see what is coming.