A billion-ton burst of solar material is racing through space toward Earth, arriving in hours and expected to unleash a G3–Strong geomagnetic storm. This fast-moving coronal mass ejection will be kicked off by an intense M8.

Solar flares and other activity can disrupt radio communications, power grids and navigation signals, according to NASA.

Our sun continues to make news headlines as we’re still in a strong solar cycle that has generated numerous solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). CMEs are a large release of plasma and accompanying magnetic field from the sun’s outer layer of its atmosphere.

A G3 geomagnetic storm Tuesday may push northern lights into Oregon and the Midwest, with minor satellite and GPS disruptions possible from a solar coronal mass ejection.

Aditya-L1 and U.S. satellites uncover why the May 2024 solar storm behaved unusually, revealing significant magnetic field dynamics.

India’s Aditya‑L1 mission, revealed why the 2024 solar storm was unusually powerful. Scientists mapped magnetic reconnection inside colliding coronal mass ejections, improving storm predictions.

Within hours of detecting the flare, the UK Met Office and its counterpart in the Netherlands launched a sequence of weather balloons mounted with advanced sensors to measure the incoming solar storm in real time.