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Sun news September 15: Strong X flare and fast eruption!
Sun news for September 15: New sunspot region AR3825 produced an X4.5 flare around 15:29 UTC yesterday. There's a large eruption of sun stuff on its way.
C. Alex Young
Raúl Cortés
Armando Caussade
September 15, 2024
Sun

Sun activity archive for August 2024
Sun activity archive for August 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.
C. Alex Young
Raúl Cortés
Armando Caussade
Michael Maimone
August 1, 2024
Sun

Sun activity archive for July 2024
Sun activity archive for July 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.
C. Alex Young
Raúl Cortés
Armando Caussade
Michael Maimone
July 1, 2024
Sun

Sun activity archive for June 2024
Sun activity archive for June 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.
C. Alex Young
Raúl Cortés
Armando Caussade
Michael Maimone
June 1, 2024
Sun

Sun activity archive for May 2024
Sun activity archive for May 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.
C. Alex Young
Raúl Cortés
Armando Caussade
Michael Maimone
May 1, 2024
Sun

Sun activity archive for April 2024
Sun activity archive for April 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.
C. Alex Young
Raúl Cortés
Armando Caussade
Michael Maimone
April 1, 2024
Sun

It’s aurora season. Why more auroras at equinoxes?
An aurora season occurs in March and October each year, due to the way the magnetic fields of the sun and the Earth work in conjunction with sun-Earth geometry.
C. Alex Young
Raúl Cortés
Deborah Byrd
March 10, 2024
Sun

Sun activity archive for March 2024
Sun activity archive for March 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.
C. Alex Young
Raúl Cortés
Armando Caussade
Michael Maimone
March 1, 2024
Sun

Sun activity archive for February 2024
Sun activity archive for February 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.
C. Alex Young
Raúl Cortés
Armando Caussade
Michael Maimone
February 1, 2024
Sun

Sun activity archive for January 2024
Sun activity archive for January 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.
C. Alex Young
Raúl Cortés
Armando Caussade
Michael Maimone
January 1, 2024

About Author

C. Alex Young

C. Alex Young is a solar astrophysicist studying the Sun and space weather. Alex is passionate about sharing science with diverse audiences. This led him to start The Sun Today with his designer wife, Linda. First through Facebook and Twitter then adding an extensive website thesuntoday.org, the two work together to engage the public about the Sun and its role in our solar system. Alex led national engagement efforts for the 2017 total solar eclipse. He is the Associate Director for Science in the Heliophysics Science Division at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
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