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Sun Releases Strong Solar Flare

3 weeks ago | science.nasa.gov | Vanessa Thomas

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 11:38 a.m. ET on May 13, 2025. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts.
What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years

3 weeks ago | terradaily.com | Mara Johnson-Groh |Miles Hatfield |Vanessa Thomas

What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Yearsby Mara Johnson-Groh, Miles Hatfield, and Vanessa ThomasGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 12, 2025 One year ago today, representatives from NASA and about 30 other U.S. government agencies gathered for a special meeting to simulate and address a threat looming in space. The threat was not an asteroid or aliens, but our very own life-giving Sun.
What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years

3 weeks ago | spacedaily.com | Mara Johnson-Groh |Miles Hatfield |Vanessa Thomas

What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Yearsby Mara Johnson-Groh, Miles Hatfield, and Vanessa ThomasGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 12, 2025 One year ago today, representatives from NASA and about 30 other U.S. government agencies gathered for a special meeting to simulate and address a threat looming in space. The threat was not an asteroid or aliens, but our very own life-giving Sun.
What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years

1 month ago | energy-daily.com | Mara Johnson-Groh |Miles Hatfield |Vanessa Thomas

What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Yearsby Mara Johnson-Groh, Miles Hatfield, and Vanessa ThomasGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 12, 2025 One year ago today, representatives from NASA and about 30 other U.S. government agencies gathered for a special meeting to simulate and address a threat looming in space. The threat was not an asteroid or aliens, but our very own life-giving Sun.
What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Years

1 month ago | spacewar.com | Mara Johnson-Groh |Miles Hatfield |Vanessa Thomas

What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 Yearsby Mara Johnson-Groh, Miles Hatfield, and Vanessa ThomasGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 12, 2025 One year ago today, representatives from NASA and about 30 other U.S. government agencies gathered for a special meeting to simulate and address a threat looming in space. The threat was not an asteroid or aliens, but our very own life-giving Sun.
NASA’s EZIE Launching to Study Magnetic Fingerprints of Earth’s Aurora

Feb 25, 2025 | jpl.nasa.gov | Vanessa Thomas

High above Earth’s poles, intense electrical currents called electrojets flow through the upper atmosphere when auroras glow in the sky. These auroral electrojets push about a million amps of electrical charge around the poles every second. They can create some of the largest magnetic disturbances on the ground, and rapid changes in the currents can lead to effects such as power outages.
Solar Observatory sees coronal loops flicker before big flares

Jan 19, 2025 | copernical.com | Vanessa Thomas

Solar Observatory sees coronal loops flicker before big flaresby Vanessa Thomas for GSFC NewsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares - intense bursts of light on the Sun that can send a flurry of charged particles into the solar system. Now, using NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, one team has identified flickering loops in the solar atmosphere, or corona, that seem to signal when the Sun is about to unleash a large flare.
NASA Solar Observatory sees coronal loops flicker before big flares

Jan 15, 2025 | phys.org | Vanessa Thomas

For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares—intense bursts of light on the sun that can send a flurry of charged particles into the solar system. Now, using NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, one team has identified flickering loops in the solar atmosphere (corona) that seem to signal when the sun is about to unleash a large flare.
NASA Solar Observatory sees coronal loops flicker before big flares

Jan 15, 2025 | eurekalert.org | Vanessa Thomas |Rob Gutro

For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares — intense bursts of light on the Sun that can send a flurry of charged particles into the solar system. Now, using NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, one team has identified flickering loops in the solar atmosphere, or corona, that seem to signal when the Sun is about to unleash a large flare.
What if philanthropy was in service to Black feminist movements?

Nov 14, 2024 | alliancemagazine.org | Vanessa Thomas

‘What is ours to do, what is mine to do?’ This poignant question should be front of mind as we take stock of 2024’s elections, conflicts, climate disasters and setbacks. What if philanthropy was in service to Black feminist movements? What if philanthropy flanked Black feminist movements, providing untethered resources (funding and otherwise) that enabled organisers to sustain themselves and continue life building work.