At a time in the sun’s cycle when space weather experts expect less solar activity, our star is going bonkers with solar flares and coronal mass ejections. What effects will Earth feel?
The aurora Steve.
Rémi Farvacque/Alberta Aurora Chasers (facebook)
Scientists still don’t know what caused the mysterious phenomenon ‘Steve’.
Saturn and its rings backlit by the sun, which is blocked by the planet in this view. Encircling the planet and inner rings is the much more extended E-ring.
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute