Sun news for October 12, 2024. After Thursday night's big auroral display, Earth's magnetic field is calmer with 3 M flares. Coronal holes take center stage.
A new understanding of the heights of magnetic fields in the sun's active regions will lead to precise space storm alerts and help protect technology on Earth.
The heliosphere is a bubble of solar gas that extends outward and protects the planets from interstellar radiation. Scientists would like a probe to study it.