The Sun Today with Dr. C. Alex Young https://www.thesuntoday.org/ Space weather, solar missions, eclipses, transits Sun, 21 Sep 2025 19:20:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 206818229 Happy September Equinox 2025! https://www.thesuntoday.org/solstice-equinox/september-equinox-2025/ Sun, 21 Sep 2025 06:51:58 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=23499 September Equinox arrives on Monday, September 22, 2025 at 18:19 UTC (2:19 am EDT | 11:19 am PDT)

Mark your calendars: The September Equinox arrives on Monday, September 22, 2025 at 18:19 UTC (2:19 pm EDT | 11:19 am PDT).

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]]> 23499 Partial Solar Eclipse — September 21, 2025 https://www.thesuntoday.org/eclipses-transits/partial-solar-eclipse-sept-21-2025/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:45:39 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=23464 Partial Solar Eclipse — September 21, 2025

Visible in Australia, south Pacific, south Atlantic, New Zealand, Antarctica + ONLINE

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]]> 23464 Aurora Season: Why More Auroras at Equinoxes? https://earthsky.org/sun/aurora-season-auroras-equinox-connection/#new_tab Tue, 09 Sep 2025 03:40:55 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=15669 Aurora Season: Why More Auroras at Equinoxes?

[Alex on EARTHSKY.ORG] This pattern in nature – auroras increasing twice a year – is one of the earliest patterns ever to be observed and recorded by scientists.

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]]> 15669 Total Lunar Eclipse on September 7-8, 2025 https://www.thesuntoday.org/eclipses-transits/total-lunar-eclipse-sept-7-8-2025/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:06:51 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=23463 Total Lunar Eclipse on September 7-8, 2025

Visible in Australia, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Partial views will be visible in parts of North and South America, as well as along the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, and in parts of the Arctic and Antarctica + ONLINE.

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]]> 23463 Sun Activity Archive for August 2025 https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-archive-for-august-2025/#new_tab Sun, 31 Aug 2025 19:39:25 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=23494 Sun news for August 30-31, 2025. Active regions AR4197, AR4201 and AR4202 are the center of solar flare activity including the M2.8 flare and corresponding halo coronal mass ejection (CME). The region is displayed here in the four SDO wavelength channels, 304, 171, 193, and 131 angstroms. Images via JHelioviewer and NASA/SDO.

[Alex on EARTHSKY.ORG] Sun activity archive for August 2025. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.

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]]> 23494 Latest Updates About Sun Activity https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-solar-flare-cme-aurora-updates/#new_tab Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:00:33 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=15690 Latest Updates About Solar Activity

[Alex on EARTHSKY.ORG] What's happening on the Sun this week? Find out about our current space weather & what we can expect here on Earth. (Image: NASA/SDO)

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]]> 15690 Sun Activity Archive for July 2025 https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-archive-for-july-2025/#new_tab Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:54:00 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=23400 sun-activity-archive-for-july-2025

[Alex on EARTHSKY.ORG] Sun activity archive for July 2025. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.

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]]> 23400 So Far Away: Aphelion 2025 https://www.thesuntoday.org/solstice-equinox/aphelion-2025/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 01:41:09 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=23068 So Far Away: Aphelion 2025

On July 3, 2024 @ 19:54 UTC, 3:54 pm EST • 12:54 pm PST. At that time the distance from Earth's center to the Sun's center will be 94,502,939 miles (152,088,848 km).

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]]> 23068 Sun Activity Archive for June 2025 https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-archive-for-june-2025/#new_tab Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:54:00 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=23186 sun-activity-archive-for-june-2025

[Alex on EARTHSKY.ORG] Sun activity archive for June 2025. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.

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]]> 23186 Happy June 2025 Solstice https://www.thesuntoday.org/solstice-equinox/june-solstice-2025/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 04:37:38 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=23014 Happy June 2025 Solstice

The June Solstice is coming! Friday, June 20, 2025 at 10:42 pm EDT • 9:42 pm CDT • 8:42 pm MDT • 7:42 pm PDT • Saturday, June 21, 2025 at 02:42 UTC

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