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Topical Issue on solar wind

Submitted on 2024-01-08

The Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (JSWSC) opens a Topical Issue on "Fast and slow solar winds: Origin, evolution and Space Weather effects".

Getting ready for Proba-3

Submitted on 2024-01-06

In November 2023, the Proba-3 Science Working Team (SWT) gathered at the SIDC premises in Brussels.

X5 flare in images

Submitted on 2024-01-03

Some additional imagery of and information on the X5 flare that took place on 31 December.

Fireworks!

Submitted on 2023-12-31

An X5 flare took place on New Year's Eve. This is the strongest solar flare so far this solar cycle.

X2.8 flare!

Submitted on 2023-12-14

Complex sunspot group NOAA 3514 unleashed an X2.8 flare on 14 December. This is the strongest solar flare so far this solar cycle.

The Sun is going crazy!

Submitted on 2023-12-05

Several solar eruptions on 27 and 28 November had an earth-directed component and caused a major geomagnetic storm on 1 December.

Numerous sunspots, few strong flares

Submitted on 2023-11-28

While the daily sunspot number skyrocketed last week, the number of strong flares was quite modest.

Strong geomagnetic storms

Submitted on 2023-11-14

So far, ongoing solar cycle 25 (SC25) has been geomagnetically more active than its predecessor SC24, but remains overall well below the long-term average of SC17 to 23.