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#Solarflares may show predictable warning signs hours before erupting
Observations could help forecast big outbursts in the future
Observations of the lead-up to a massive #solarflare revealed changes near #sun's surface starting three hours before the flash, scientists report. The results could help experts develop methods to predict future solar flares, potentially giving us time to protect Earth’s power grid, orbiting satellites and astronauts.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/solar-flare-warning-signs-eruptions
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Space Daily: Century-old solar records refine future cycle forecasts. “An international team of astronomers has developed a new way to extract solar polar magnetic information from more than a century of historical observations, improving prospects for predicting future solar cycle activity.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/22/space-daily-century-old-solar-records-refine-future-cycle-forecasts/ -
The end of Solar Cycle 25 and the solar activity changes we can expect to see!
Thank you to SOHO and GOES18 for the added gifs and mpegs of the sun.
Info: spaceweather.com#cme
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I'm not sure what's going to happen, but I plan on making sure all my electronics are turned off and disconnected, and might put some of them in a makeshift #FaradayCage until after the #CMEs hit Earth. I'd like to think utilities and such will have learned from warnings from 2013, but then again, it's the human race we're talking about. Unless there's a buck to be made, we seem to be woefully unprepared for stuff that can happen -- unfortunately...
"If a massive CME were spotted, such 3-day forecasts give us some lead time: there are some measures #ElectricUtilities could take to protect their equipment, such as quickly disconnecting #transformers. Polar flights, which travel at the highest altitudes, could be rerouted to avoid contact with damaging solar particles, and some #satellites could be switched into a #SafeMode to minimize damage. Here on Earth, at the very least, we’d have some time to prepare for potential power #blackouts and other problems."
#SolarFlare #SolarFlares #SolarCycle25 #CannibalCME #CannibalCMEs #CarringtonEvent #CMEs