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While NOAA 4479 is approaching the Sun's west limb merrily producing M-class flares, a new active region NOAA 4482 has rounded the Sun's southeast limb producing an X1.3 flare.

Solar Radio Bursts may significantly affect various technologies such as radars and GNSS applications. The STCE's SC25 Tracking page has now been supplemented with graphs of strong bursts (more than 5000 sfu) at 8 different frequencies for the period 1996-2025.

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 mission is extended until August 2028. This space mission, involving a significant Belgian contribution, is studying the lower layers of the Sun’s corona.

After an anomaly onboard Proba-3's Coronagraph spacecraft led to loss of contact between the spacecraft and ground control last February, a tiger team worked relentlessly to get the spacecraft and its ASPIICS coronagraph back. After about 2 months of careful and gradual testing, a first formation flight was successfully performed last week. This was the moment of truth for the ASPIICS coronagraph.

The great geomagnetic storm of 4 February 1872 is renowned for its splendid aurora and crippling the telegraphic services worldwide, even at near-equatorial locations.