🚨 X5.1 FLARE from AR4274! 🚨
Active Region 4274 just unleashed an X5.1 solar flare - one of the strongest of the current solar cycle! ⚡The flare was associated with another full halo earth-directed CME ☀️ This AR keeps on giving!
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🚨 G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm watch in effect from 18:00 UT tonight! 🚨 Two Earth-directed CMEs from AR4274 arriving late Tues/Wed⚡Aurora visible across north UK with clear skies, potentially extending further south 🌌 #SpaceWeather #StephsStormWatch #Aurora weather.metoffice.gov.uk/specialist-f...

📊 Latest HUXt forecast shows 2 CMEs from AR4274 arriving on 12 Nov at ~4 & 15UT respectively. AR4274 is delivering a one-two punch!⚡️🥊 G2+ storm conditions increasingly likely. Aurora prospects strong for northern UK despite poor weather forecast.
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Now that we have the coronagraph data from GOES/CCOR I can now confirm that the CME is a full halo, which means it is Earth-directed. This increases the chances of a stronger geomagnetic storm and impressive aurora displays. Stay tuned! 🌞💥💨🌎 #SpaceWeather #StephsStormWatch

🚨 AR4274 just fired off another X-class flare! ⚡
CME confirmed, main bulk doesn't appear Earth-directed, though it's difficult to determine atm. If AR4274 keeps this up... are we heading for a situation similar to May 2024? Keep watching 👀
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The HUXt model forecasts a direct hit but at a slightly later time of 12th Nov ~3:30 UT. Weather forecast still looks bad... 🫣

The X1.8 flare from AR4274 did produce a CME! While the bulk of the eruption appears to be propagating northwest, there is likely an Earth-directed component 🌍 Waiting for the models to understand propagation & arrival ⚡
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🚨 What we have been waiting for. AR 4274 just unleashed an X1.8 solar flare! 💥 We will have to wait and check the data to see if this beast erupted and if there's an Earth-directed CME heading our way 🌞💨🌍
Updates to follow!
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Fast solar wind from a coronal hole 🌪️ is driving G1 (minor) geomagnetic storming conditions over the coming days. An eruption from the adjacent active region will deliver a glancing blow 10 Nov, escalating to G2 (moderate) conditions🌞💨
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G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm watch! Multiple solar eruptions from AR 4274 are delivering glancing blows to Earth, combined with fast solar wind. Aurora possible across Scotland and potentially further south (cloud permitting) with the best chance on Friday morning.🌞💨

🌞🎶 Experience the aurora like never before!
Aurora — an immersive exhibition turning May 2024 aurora into sound 🔊
📅 Opens 10 Sept, 5–6.30pm
📍 Gallery North, Northumbria Uni, NE1 8QE
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This week I am lecturing at the school on cross-scale coupling of heliospheric systems in L’aquila Italy. The last time I was here was 10 years ago as a PhD student 🌞😅

A partial solar eclipse will occur on Saturday 29th March at around 10am where about 30-40% of the light from the ☀️ will be blocked by the 🌑. 🌙 Remember to view it safely with eclipse glasses like my dog below. It’ll be her 2nd eclipse 🌞🌑🌎 #solareclipse

There’s an extremely impressive coronal hole on the Sun at the moment which we can expect fast solar wind from over the coming days. I may be biased but I think it looks like a ☀️🐶

It’s not often you get to talk about the #Sun underneath a giant Sun! Great to see the #Helios exhibition at night 🌞

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe 🛰️ has made its record-breaking closest approach to the 🌞 today at a distance of 3.8 million miles travelling at 430,000 mph to understand why the corona is so hot, how the solar wind is accelerated & also how solar eruptions are formed. Here’s part of my interview on CNN👇