NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image
of an X9.0 solar flare – as seen in the bright flash in the center – on Oct. 3,
2024. This is the largest flare of Solar Cycle 25 to date.
Credit: NASA
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will
discuss the Sun’s activity and the progression of Solar Cycle 25 during a media
teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 15. Tracking the solar cycle is a
key part of better understanding the Sun and mitigating its impacts on
technology and infrastructure as humanity explores farther into space.
During the teleconference, experts
from NASA, NOAA, and the international Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel, which
is co-sponsored by both agencies, will discuss recent solar cycle progress and
the forecast for the rest of this cycle.
Audio of the teleconference will
stream live on the agency’s website at: https://www.nasa.gov/live
Participants include:
- Jamie Favors, director,
NASA’s Space Weather Program
- Kelly Korreck, program
scientist, NASA’s Heliophysics Division
- Elsayed Talaat, director,
Office of Space Weather Observations, NOAA
- Bill Murtagh, program
coordinator, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center
- Lisa Upton, co-chair,
Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel
To participate in the media
teleconference, media must RSVP no later than 12 p.m. on Oct. 15, to Abbey
Interrante at: abbey.a.interrante@nasa.gov.
The Sun goes through regular cycles
of activity lasting approximately 11 years. During the most active part of the
cycle, known as solar maximum, the Sun can unleash immense explosions of light,
energy, and solar radiation, all of which create conditions known as space
weather. Space weather can affect satellites and astronauts in space, as well
as communications systems such as radio and GPS — and power grids on Earth.
When the Sun is most active, space weather events become more frequent. Solar
activity, such as the storm in May 2024, has sparked displays of aurora and led to impacts on satellites and
infrastructure in recent months.
NASA works as a research arm of the
nation’s space weather effort. NASA observes the Sun and our space environment
constantly with a fleet of spacecraft that study everything from the Sun’s
activity to the solar atmosphere, and to the particles and magnetic fields in
the space surrounding Earth. The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center is the
U.S. government’s official source for space weather forecasts, watches,
warnings, and alerts.
For more information on how NASA studies the Sun and space weather, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/sun
Source: NASA, NOAA to Provide Update on Progress of Solar Cycle - NASA
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