Fascinating Space Weather seen on the Sun lately

Published on September 28, 2011 5:30 pm PT - By TWS Space Reporter - Signed by SEO Officer

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(TheWeatherSpace.com) - Have you looked at the sun lately? The Sun has given solar flare, sunspot, geomagnetic storm, coronal mass ejection, and much more and NASA is watching.

The sunspot, termed AR1302, is 62,000 miles, many times magnified than the Earth, and brought about electromagnetic storms that brought about ghoulish beacon displays against the Northern Hemisphere. The storms also have the possibility of disrupting communications systems.

The storms also have the possibility of disrupting communications systems.

Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center out of Boulder, Colo. called the event, "the geomagnetic storm that just won't go away," on their Facebook page on Tuesday.

So far, blasts from the sunspots haven't been threatening to life on Earth. "None of the blasts have been squarely Earth-directed, but this could change as the sunspot turns toward our planet in the days ahead," says NASA. "AR1302 is growing and shows no immediate signs of quieting down."

Stay tuned to TWS on more updates on TWS main or our numerous Facebook pages below as fascinating space weather is seen on the Sun.

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