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On May 8, the STCE team was invited to teach at ESA's Academy in Transinne (BE) in a pilot for their new Space Weather Training Course. 
30 students were selected for a week-long, in-depth school about space weather and its technological impacts. The STCE was responsible for giving the students a first introduction on how to forecast space weather events and impacts.

A trio of sunspot groups in the northeast solar quadrant were responsible for an important portion of the solar flares produced early May. Some of these flares were accompanied by strong emissions at radio frequencies.

Active region NOAA 3288 developed a delta magnetic configuration that resulted in increased flaring activity, culminating in a M7.1 flare on 1 May.

A severe geomagnetic storm was recorded on 23 and 24 April. Aurora were photographed from Texas and southern Spain.

In the early hours of April 20 a solar eclipse took place. Regions on Earth that saw, at least, a partial eclipse include parts of South/East Asia, Australia, and Antarctica. This meant that only a very small fraction of the world's population was able to witness this event. Even if it was a difficult eclipse to observe from the ground, PROBA2 had a front-row seat!