solar weather Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:12:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png solar weather Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 What the biggest solar storm in decades revealed about space system resilience https://spacenews.com/what-the-biggest-solar-storm-in-decades-revealed-about-space-system-resilience/ https://spacenews.com/what-the-biggest-solar-storm-in-decades-revealed-about-space-system-resilience/#respond Fri, 05 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=465881 Coronal Mass Ejection imagery captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Ob- servatory.
Coronal Mass Ejection imagery captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Ob- servatory.

A solar storm in May revealed the challenges and current state of space weather modeling and readiness.

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]]> https://spacenews.com/what-the-biggest-solar-storm-in-decades-revealed-about-space-system-resilience/feed/ 0 465881 How Artemis astronauts will be protected from solar storms https://spacenews.com/how-artemis-astronauts-protected-solar-storms/ https://spacenews.com/how-artemis-astronauts-protected-solar-storms/#respond Wed, 22 May 2024 15:20:32 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=425472 Illustration of a satellite observing solar weather.
Illustration of a satellite observing solar weather.

Work is underway on new ways to protect Artemis astronauts from radiation and solar storms.

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]]> https://spacenews.com/how-artemis-astronauts-protected-solar-storms/feed/ 0 425472 Space weather requires our attention now more than ever https://spacenews.com/space-weather-requires-our-attention-now-more-than-ever/ https://spacenews.com/space-weather-requires-our-attention-now-more-than-ever/#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:30:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=369212 Illustration of the sun and the earth in which a solar flare is impacting Earth's magnetosphere.
Illustration of the sun and the earth in which a solar flare is impacting Earth's magnetosphere.

Solar Cycle 25 is about to hit its peak, making this an important time to increase space weather monitoring.

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