In a teleconference with reporters on Tuesday, representatives from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the international Solar Cycle Prediction Panel announced that the Sun has reached its solar maximum period, which could continue for the next year.| NASA Science
Cannibal CME A double load of plasma. It occurs when two CMEs erupt off the sun at the same time. If the second CME overtakes and consumes the first, a CME combination forms. Cannibal CMEs contain tangled magnetic fields and compressed plasmas, which can cause severe geomagnetic storms.| EarthSky
On a mission to “touch the Sun,” NASA's Parker Solar Probe became the first spacecraft to fly through the corona – the Sun’s upper atmosphere – in 2021. With every orbit, the probe faces brutal heat and radiation to provide humanity with unprecedented observations of the only star we can study up close.| science.nasa.gov
After the successful Artemis 1 uncrewed flight around the moon in 2022, Artemis 2 is the next step in humanity’s journey from the moon to Mars. This mission will be the Artemis program’s first crewed mission, with 4 astronauts flying around the moon in 10 days. This flight will confirm the systems and hardware necessary for human deep space travel. Artemis 2 is scheduled for no later than April 2026. NASA provided an Artemis 2 mission update on September 23, 2025. Watch it again above.| EarthSky
Sun news for November 12-13, 2024. NOAA is forecasting active (kp=4) geomagnetic conditions for tonight and tomorrow, with the possibility of a G1 storm (Kp=5). This is due to fast solar wind from a coronal hole on the Earth-facing solar disk. Image via NOAASun news November 13: Auroras possible tonight and tomorrow| EarthSky
