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Rise of the CMEs!

A substantial coronal mass ejection (CME) observed on 17 April had no earth-directed component, its source being on the farside of the Sun. The overall number of detected CMEs has been gradually increasing since December 2019.

Butterfly's wings

The latitude of the SC25 sunspot groups indicates a normal unfolding of the butterfly pattern.

SOHO catches 3 new comets

The coronagraphs on board the SOHO spacecraft have discovered again a number of (small) comets. The Sun remained unharmed.

The Sun's farside joins the party!

Some dynamic and impressive prominence activity took place on the Sun's farside during 26-27 March. The associated CME was a lot less spectacular.

13-14 March: two geomagnetic storms compared

Last weekend, on 13 and 14 March, a minor geomagnetic storm took place. 32 years ago, on exactly the same days, geomagnetic activity was quite different...

A sunspot activity nest

NOAA 2806 emerged on 28 February, became spotless on 5 March, then re-emerged a day later.

The NANOK expedition

Two Belgian adventurers collaborate with STCE scientists during an untypical triathlon in Greenland in April 2022: 600 km with skis and a pulka, 1000 km sea kayaking and 1 km vertical rock ascent. Nanok is a polar bear in the Inuit culture.

Two active regions, three CMEs

Two sunspot regions took care of this week's solar activity by producing three flares and associated CMEs.

Quo vadis, European Space Weather community?

A group of European space weather actors proposes to open a discussion on the organisation and sustainability of the European Space Weather community and its assets in the (near) future.

One CME a day... keeps the SWx forecaster busy!

Solar activity is gradually increasing. From 20 till 23 February, there was 1 CME each day. Only the first one had an earth-directed component, the other CMEs were clearly directed away from Earth or farside events.

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