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The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) is pleased to announce that Dr. Christoph Keller has been appointed as the next Director of the

The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) is pleased to announce that Dr. Christoph Keller has been appointed as the next Director of the

Recent heightened solar activity, marked by increased sunspots and frequent coronal mass ejections (CMEs), presents a potential collision between these CMEs and Earth. These massive CMEs, ejecting billions of tons of material at speeds up to 3000 km/s, originate from the Suns core. They can cause disruptions termed geomagnetic storms, graded on a G1 to G5 scale. Although a G1 storm poses minimal direct threats to life, it may impact power grids, GPS, and satellite operations.

Geomagnetic storms could enhance aurora and be visible in lower latitudes. Possible collision between CME and Earth by late November 25. | World News

One notable effect of geomagnetic storms is the enhancement of the aurora, the colorful luminous display observed near the poles.

MinorG1-class geomagnetic storms are possible late on November 25th through 26th when two CMEs might graze Earth's magnetic field.

A NASA model suggests that one of the coronal mass ejections spat out from the sun in recent days may be heading towards the Earth.

India's Aditya-L1 spacecraft should wind up some 932,000 miles away to monitor our star.

Janmejoy Sarkar joined the ambitious Aditya L1 mission as a Senior Research Fellow from the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) in Pune two years ago, the university said in a statement on August 26.

In a record-breaking discovery, scientists have found the Sun radiating an extraoridnary amount of gamma rays, the highest-energy radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum.