Researchers looking through data from NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR)’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) have found an odd gravity anomaly over the Atlantic Ocean. Attempting to find the cause of the anomaly, the team found it may be associated with a “geomagnetic jerk” detected around the world. There is still plenty to learn about the Earth’s …
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A colossal butterfly-shaped coronal hole has opened in the sun’s atmosphere and is currently spewing a fast-moving stream of solar wind toward Earth that could trigger a moderate geomagnetic storm and dazzling auroras this weekend. The high-speed solar wind from this striking feature, spanning some 310,000 miles (500,000 kilometers) across, is expected to reach Earth around Sept. 14. Space weather …
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A Geomagnetic Storm Watch has been issued for late Monday into early Tuesday, which means Northern Lights could be visible across Michigan on Labor Day and in the skies over a large swath of the U.S. and Canada. The Geomagnetic Storm could reach G-2, or medium levels, on Monday evening and increase to G-3 levels overnight and into early Tuesday, …
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