Aurora Archives - The Sun Today with Dr. C. Alex Young https://www.thesuntoday.org/category/aurora/ Space weather, solar missions, eclipses, transits Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:44:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 206818229 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 March 2025 Equinox: Northern Blooms, Southern Leaves https://www.thesuntoday.org/solstice-equinox/march-2025-equinox/ Sat, 01 Mar 2025 22:43:07 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=22165 The 2025 March Equinox happens on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 9:01 UTC • 5:01 a.m. EDT • 2:01 a.m. PDT

Occurs on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 9:01 UTC • 5:01 a.m. EDT • 2:01 a.m. PDT

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]]> 22165 Sun Activity Archive for October 2024 https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-archive-for-october-2024/#new_tab Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:51:16 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=21127

[Alex on EARTHSKY.ORG] Sun activity archive for October 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.

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]]> 21127 Sun Activity Archive for September 2024 https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-archive-for-september-2024/#new_tab Sat, 28 Sep 2024 09:34:00 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=20896 An eruption from the southeast limb (edge). An incoming region (unnumbered at the time of the event) has since been numbered AR3813. The event included an M5.5 flare, then an M5.6. This animation shows the disk with SDO 171 angstroms. Images via JHelioviewer and NASA

[Alex on EARTHSKY.ORG] Sun activity archive for September 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.

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]]> 20896 Happy September Equinox 2024 https://www.thesuntoday.org/solstice-equinox/september-2024-equinox/ Sun, 22 Sep 2024 18:44:10 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=20823

The Equinox occurs on Sunday, September 22, 2024, at 12:43 UTC • 8:43 a.m. EDT • 5:43 a.m. PDT.

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]]> 20823 Sun Activity Archive for May 2024 https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-archive-for-may-2024/#new_tab Sat, 01 Jun 2024 23:47:27 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=20945 May 22. A planetary conjunction of Jupiter and Mars as seen by the SOHO spacecraft’s LASCO C3 imager. Image via NOAA.

[Alex on EARTHSKY.ORG] Sun activity archive for May 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.

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]]> 20945 Sun Activity Archive for March 2024 https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-archive-for-march-2024/#new_tab Mon, 01 Apr 2024 23:29:15 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=20943

[Alex on EARTHSKY.ORG] Sun activity archive for March 2024. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.

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]]> 20943 2024 March Equinox: All Things Being Equal https://www.thesuntoday.org/solstice-equinox/2024-march-equinox/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 05:38:13 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=19685 The 2024 March Equinox happens on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at 11:06 p.m. EDT • 8:06 p.m. PDT (3:06 UTC on Wednesday, March 20, 2024)

The 2024 March Equinox happens on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at 11:06 p.m. EDT • 8:06 p.m. PDT (3:06 UTC on Wednesday, March 20, 2024)

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]]> 19685 September Equinox 2023: Trying to Reason With All of the Seasons https://www.thesuntoday.org/solstice-equinox/september-2023-equinox/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:53:40 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=18765 2023 September Equinox

Get ready for Fall or Spring depending on where you live. The Equinox occurs on Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 06:50 UTC (2:50 a.m. EDT • Friday, September 22, 2023 at 11:50 p.m. PDT).

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]]> 18765 Sun Activity Archive for September 2023 https://earthsky.org/sun/sun-activity-archive-for-september-2023/#new_tab Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:24:00 +0000 https://www.thesuntoday.org/?p=18698 sun-activity-archive-for-september-2023

[Alex on EARTHSKY.ORG] Sun activity archive for September 2023. A daily record of flaring, big filaments and prominences, and other sorts of activity, on our local star.

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