Space News· Page 39

Roger Parsons
Advanced Member Topic Starter

09 November 2025 08:29:34

"This weekend, active sunspot 4274 is directly facing Earth. With an unstable delta-class magnetic field, it poses a threat for powerful X-class solar flares. If such a flare does occur today, it will certainly be geoeffective."

https://spaceweather.com/

https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

Roger Parsons
Advanced Member Topic Starter

09 November 2025 15:31:18

#952

Bit cloudy just now but....

Meteor shower dates - 12 November 2025 Taurid meteors

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/space-astronomy/meteor-shower-guide-2025

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

+1

Roger Parsons
Advanced Member Topic Starter

11 November 2025 16:18:35

#953

MAJOR SOLAR FLARE AND EARTH-DIRECTED CME:

Today, the sun produced one of the strongest solar flares of the current solar cycle: An X5-class powerhouse. The explosion hurled a very fast CME toward Earth. This CME could scoop up one or two CMEs already in route, forming a potent "Cannibal CME." Its arrival on Nov. 12th could cause severe geomagnetic storms.

https://spaceweather.com/

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

+1

Bolty
Advanced Member

11 November 2025 16:44:43

#954

MAJOR SOLAR FLARE AND EARTH-DIRECTED CME:

Today, the sun produced one of the strongest solar flares of the current solar cycle: An X5-class powerhouse. The explosion hurled a very fast CME toward Earth. This CME could scoop up one or two CMEs already in route, forming a potent "Cannibal CME." Its arrival on Nov. 12th could cause severe geomagnetic storms.

https://spaceweather.com/

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons

Brilliant. Just when a lovely weather front looks perfectly timed for tomorrow night 🙄.

Scott

Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.

My weather station

Roger Parsons
Advanced Member Topic Starter

11 November 2025 19:24:36

#955

Brilliant. Just when a lovely weather front looks perfectly timed for tomorrow night 🙄.

Originally Posted by: Bolty

Yep. Sod's Law.

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

Roger Parsons
Advanced Member Topic Starter

12 November 2025 04:55:43

#956

Yep. Sod's Law.

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons

Red Alert for Aurora. But invisible here! 😬

https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/

https://spaceweather.com/

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

Bolty
Advanced Member

12 November 2025 05:01:54

#957

I really do hate this country's weather sometimes. The biggest kick in the nads is the cold(er) spell coming in this weekend. You can guarantee that as soon as the solar storm finishes, we'll get a run of clear nights then, just to rub salt in the wound. 😣

Scott

Blackrod, Lancashire (4 miles south of Chorley) at 156m asl.

My weather station

+1

Roger Parsons
Advanced Member Topic Starter

12 November 2025 07:13:04

#958

I really do hate this country's weather sometimes. The biggest kick in the nads is the cold(er) spell coming in this weekend. You can guarantee that as soon as the solar storm finishes, we'll get a run of clear nights then, just to rub salt in the wound. 😣

Originally Posted by: Bolty

To rub some more salt into the wound, Spaceweather writes:

"Is farm equipment going haywire? The last time there was a storm like this (May 2024), tractors acted like "they were demon possessed"-- a result of GPS errors."

🦽🦽🦽🦽

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

Roger Parsons
Advanced Member Topic Starter

15 November 2025 17:36:00

#959

"Active sunspot 4274 erupted again today, producing a powerful X4-class solar flare. Unlike earlier explosions this week, this one was not squarely aimed at Earth. Even so, a CME is expected to deliver a glancing blow to our planet's magnetic field, and a geomagnetic storm watch is in effect for Nov. 16-17."

https://spaceweather.com/

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

+1

Roger Parsons
Advanced Member Topic Starter

19 November 2025 15:37:36

#960

Space Weather News for Nov. 19, 2025

Strongest Ground Level Event in nearly 20 years

"Last week’s solar storm unleashed the strongest Ground Level Event in nearly 20 years. UK researchers report that some air passengers and flight crews may have absorbed double their usual radiation dose."

Full story:

https://spaceweather.com/

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

+1

Roger Parsons
Advanced Member Topic Starter

24 November 2025 16:49:34

#961

Get ready for those Geminid meteors. 4-20th December - peak 14th

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/space-astronomy/geminid-meteor-shower-uk-dates-how-to-see

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

+1

Roger Parsons
Advanced Member Topic Starter

29 November 2025 11:17:35

#962

Behemoth sunspot?

"A potentially dangerous sunspot is emerging over the sun's southeastern limb. Yesterday, while it was still partially eclipsed by the edge of the sun, it produced an impulsive M6-class solar flare. The true value of the flare may have been X-class. This appears to be the same behemoth sunspot that Mars rover Perserverance saw from Jezero Crater last week. Now it is turning toward Earth. Strong geoeffective flares are increasingly likely as the sunspot lines up with our planet in the days ahead."

https://spaceweather.com/

https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

+1

lanky
Advanced Member

29 November 2025 11:24:10

#963

Behemoth sunspot?

"A potentially dangerous sunspot is emerging over the sun's southeastern limb. Yesterday, while it was still partially eclipsed by the edge of the sun, it produced an impulsive M6-class solar flare. The true value of the flare may have been X-class. This appears to be the same behemoth sunspot that Mars rover Perserverance saw from Jezero Crater last week. Now it is turning toward Earth. Strong geoeffective flares are increasingly likely as the sunspot lines up with our planet in the days ahead."

https://spaceweather.com/

https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons

Maybe this is why they are in a rush to get the Airbus A320 computer systems fixed after the previous solar flare incident

Martin

Richmond, Surrey

Gandalf The White
Advanced Member

29 November 2025 12:46:57

#964

Maybe this is why they are in a rush to get the Airbus A320 computer systems fixed after the previous solar flare incident

Originally Posted by: lanky

Very good point.

Location: South Cambridgeshire

130 metres ASL

52.0N 0.1E

doctormog
Advanced Member

29 November 2025 13:36:47

#965

Thanks for this info, I just went to see if I could spot it (if you pardon the pun) but I think the majority is still out of view here (to the left).

https://i.ibb.co/237JHhXg/IMG-4180.jpg

Aberdeen

Current conditions (personal WS)

+1

Roger Parsons
Advanced Member Topic Starter

29 November 2025 14:05:35

#966

Maybe this is why they are in a rush to get the Airbus A320 computer systems fixed after the previous solar flare incident

Originally Posted by: lanky

I did wonder if that might be a factor. 😉

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

Roger Parsons
Advanced Member Topic Starter

29 November 2025 14:07:50

#967

Thanks for this info, I just went to see if I could spot it (if you pardon the pun) but I think the majority is still out of view here (to the left).

Originally Posted by: doctormog

You should try it tonight. 🤣

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

+1

Roger Parsons
Advanced Member Topic Starter

30 November 2025 12:12:35

#968

Behemoth sunspot?

"A potentially dangerous sunspot is emerging over the sun's southeastern limb. Yesterday, while it was still partially eclipsed by the edge of the sun, it produced an impulsive M6-class solar flare. The true value of the flare may have been X-class. This appears to be the same behemoth sunspot that Mars rover Perserverance saw from Jezero Crater last week. Now it is turning toward Earth. Strong geoeffective flares are increasingly likely as the sunspot lines up with our planet in the days ahead."

https://spaceweather.com/

https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons

Update from SpaceWeather 30th Nov.

"Yesterday, we issued a big sunspot alert. We were wrong. It's *really* big. This image from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the behemoth emerging over the sun's southeastern limb on Nov. 30th..."

https://spaceweather.com/images2025/30nov25/emerging_strip.jpg

https://spaceweather.com/

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

+1

Roger Parsons
Advanced Member Topic Starter

30 November 2025 14:27:43

#969

Sunspots on SOHO site:

https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/synoptic/sunspots_earth/mdi_sunspots.jpg

https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/

[BTW - they took my suggestion to add outlines on Earth and Jupiter for scale some years ago when our pupils were observing the transits of Venus.]

Edited by user 30 November 2025 14:31:13 | Reason: Not specified

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

+1

Roger Parsons
Advanced Member Topic Starter

01 December 2025 16:39:22

#970

SpaceWeather 1/12/2025

We were expecting an X-flare today, but this one surprised us anyway. At 0249 UTC, a previously overlooked sunspot exploded.

https://spaceweather.com/images2025/01dec25/x1p9_strip.jpg

https://spaceweather.com/

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

Roger Parsons
Advanced Member Topic Starter

03 December 2025 09:03:57

#971

"NOAA forecasters say that G2-class geomanetic storms are possible later today when a rare combination of a CIR (co-rotating interaction region) and a CME (coronal mass ejection) hits Earth's magnetic field. The CME is of particular interest because it was launched by a powerful X2-class solar flare."

https://spaceweather.com/

https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

+1