The sunspot group has remained quiet since the X class flare, aurora last night was mainly due to the high speed stream from the coronal hole. These conditions will continue until for a time until the coronal hole disappears from view…#SpaceWeather

AR 4274 is rotating back into Earth's firing line for the 3rd time! 🌍☀️ It's been busy throwing out eruptions while on the farside, along with other ARs keeping things lively. The recent M-class flare and latest data suggests it may still be quite complex 👀 #SpaceWeather

🚨 Here we go again! X4.05 flare detected from AR4274! 🚨 Although the active region is rotating towards the limb it continues to produce major flares. Proton flux measurements are also showing an increase. AR4274 keeps delivering!☀️ #SpaceWeather #StephsStormWatch #SolarFlare

Looks like Bz is northwards (although decreasing) so we may be in for disappointment tonight unless the situation changes. The weather is awful here and I have a 6am flight so I am signing off for tonight 🌧️👋

🚨Here we go‼️🚨 Looks like the third eruption could be just arriving at L1 🌞💨🛰️🌍 #SpaceWeather #Aurora #NorthernLights

There is now a G5 (extreme) geomagnetic storm watch in place (Met Office), we are waiting for the third eruption to arrive although, due to uncertainty in the propagation models it is unclear whether it will arrive today or tomorrow 🌞💨🌎👀 #SpaceWeather #Aurora #StephsStormWatch

Improved dramatically for a brief time, maybe better luck tomorrow 😊 #SpaceWeather #Aurora #NorthernLights

Just starting to get lively here in New castle #Aurora #NorthernLights #SpaceWeather

CME arrival!🎯 Real-time solar wind data from ACE at L1 showing the first CME from AR4274 is arriving.⚡ This is the start of a long geomagnetic storming period - aurora chasers, get ready! 👀🌌 #SpaceWeather #StephsStormWatch

I know everyone is excited about #SpaceWeather but...🎉 I've been shortlisted as a finalist for the Global Space Awards in the Science Breakthrough category! 516 nominations from 38 countries, what an honour! 🚀 This is recognition for my work with the #ESASolarOrbiter mission🛰️ #GlobalSpaceAwards

Here’s our one-two-three punch! 🥊 🥊🥊 According to the latest run of the HUXt model the third CME is expected to impact on 13th November at around 13 UT. This is going to be a tiring couple of days 😅 #SpaceWeather #StephsStormWatch

Here’s our one-two-three punch! 🥊 🥊🥊 According to the latest run of the HUXt model the third CME is expected to impact on 13th November at around 13 UT. This is going to be a tiring couple of days 😅 #SpaceWeather #StephsStormWatch

🚨Storm Watch Upgraded! 🚨 G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm watch now in place for 12th November. This is due to the predicted arrival of the third CME. Aurora likely visible further south across the UK (weather permitting)! 🌞💨🌍 #SpaceWeather #StephsStormWatch

🚨 X5.1 FLARE from AR4274! 🚨 Active Region 4274 just unleashed an X5.1 solar flare - one of the strongest of the current solar cycle! ⚡The flare was associated with another full halo earth-directed CME ☀️ This AR keeps on giving! #SpaceWeather #StephsStormWatch #SolarFlare

🚨 G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm watch in effect from 18:00 UT tonight! 🚨 Two Earth-directed CMEs from AR4274 arriving late Tues/Wed⚡Aurora visible across north UK with clear skies, potentially extending further south 🌌 #SpaceWeather #StephsStormWatch #Aurora weather.metoffice.gov.uk/specialist-f...

📊 Latest HUXt forecast shows 2 CMEs from AR4274 arriving on 12 Nov at ~4 & 15UT respectively. AR4274 is delivering a one-two punch!⚡️🥊 G2+ storm conditions increasingly likely. Aurora prospects strong for northern UK despite poor weather forecast. #SpaceWeather #StephsStormWatch

Now that we have the coronagraph data from GOES/CCOR I can now confirm that the CME is a full halo, which means it is Earth-directed. This increases the chances of a stronger geomagnetic storm and impressive aurora displays. Stay tuned! 🌞💥💨🌎 #SpaceWeather #StephsStormWatch

🚨 AR4274 just fired off another X-class flare! ⚡ CME confirmed, main bulk doesn't appear Earth-directed, though it's difficult to determine atm. If AR4274 keeps this up... are we heading for a situation similar to May 2024? Keep watching 👀 #SpaceWeather #StephsStormWatch

The HUXt model forecasts a direct hit but at a slightly later time of 12th Nov ~3:30 UT. Weather forecast still looks bad... 🫣

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Arrival expected on Tuesday night, fingers crossed the weather improves as it’s been awful recently 🤞🌧️

The X1.8 flare from AR4274 did produce a CME! While the bulk of the eruption appears to be propagating northwest, there is likely an Earth-directed component 🌍 Waiting for the models to understand propagation & arrival ⚡ #SpaceWeather #CME #StephsStormWatch

🚨 What we have been waiting for. AR 4274 just unleashed an X1.8 solar flare! 💥 We will have to wait and check the data to see if this beast erupted and if there's an Earth-directed CME heading our way 🌞💨🌍 Updates to follow! #SpaceWeather #SolarFlare #StephsStormWatch

Fast solar wind from a coronal hole 🌪️ is driving G1 (minor) geomagnetic storming conditions over the coming days. An eruption from the adjacent active region will deliver a glancing blow 10 Nov, escalating to G2 (moderate) conditions🌞💨 #SpaceWeather #GeomagneticStorm

☀️ Mark your calendars! ☀️ ESPM-18 (European Solar Physics Meeting) 📍 Wrocław, Poland 🇵🇱 📅 6-10 September 2027 Looking forward to seeing the solar and heliospheric physics community there! 🔬✨ #SolarPhysics #ESPM18 #SpaceWeather #Astrophysics

G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm watch! Multiple solar eruptions from AR 4274 are delivering glancing blows to Earth, combined with fast solar wind. Aurora possible across Scotland and potentially further south (cloud permitting) with the best chance on Friday morning.🌞💨

First images of comet #3I/ATLAS from Europe's Mars orbiters 😍 Observing the comet from 30 million km away, #ExoMars reveals the halo of gas and dust surrounding the comet's nucleus. Read more 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭🧪

Very nice to see ngGONG move forward! GONG is a decades-old global instrument on which the Sun never sets, to observe the Sun around the clock. It provides very important continuous monitoring of space weather and allows us to image the interior of the star itself. ☀️

A helpful summary from Nature on some of the challenges facing the U.K. higher education sector (and their background). #highereducation #universities #research #education www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“In an anonymous survey of (UK Physics) department heads by the Institute of Physics (IoP), 26% said they faced potential closure of their department within the next two years, while 60% said they expected courses to be reduced.” www.theguardian.com/education/20...

We bail out banks. We bail the steel industry, the water industry, airlines and hotels. The UK higher education sector directly employs nearly 1M people. It's the envy of the world and benefits almost every area of UK society. But apparently it can go burn.

Opening night! 🤩

🌞🎶 Experience the aurora like never before! Aurora — an immersive exhibition turning May 2024 aurora into sound 🔊 📅 Opens 10 Sept, 5–6.30pm 📍 Gallery North, Northumbria Uni, NE1 8QE #Aurora #SpaceWeather #Sonification #NorthumbriaUni #NewcastleUni #WeAreAllSolarOrbiters

Arrival was last night, did anyone managed to catch the aurora in the UK? Of course I am away at a conference right now… 😅

A bit late to the party 🎉 but it looks like there is a chance for moderate to strong geomagnetic storming (G2/3) due to the arrival of a fast solar eruption expected on Monday/Tuesday. Aurora may be seen in central UK 👀 🌞💨 🌎

This #solarstorm from late Aug 30 2025 will arrive at 🌍 noon to late Monday Sep 1. Depending on its internal magnetic field, it has the potential for #aurora in central Europe and maybe #GNSS errors. Parker Solar Probe will tell us in hindsight if its field was predictable from 0.5 au.

This is great news! Congratulations Michele! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🧪 BREAKING (good news): Senate subcommittee says NO! to Trump's proposed slashes to NASA & NSF funding. Today, the subcommittee said to keep NASA + NSF funding at $33.9 billion, the same as in FY24. See 7:15 below. Full Senate appropriations committee meets tomorrow about it. 🧵 1/3

Solar astronomer @stephyardley.bsky.social joins BBC Science in Action this week to explain why the new polar views of the Sun, from ESA's Solar Orbiter, will make such a difference in unravelling the Sun's magnetic turmoil and what drives the 11-yr cycle in activity. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

We now have views of the Sun's poles for the very first time thanks to ESA's Solar Orbiter Mission! This is only the start as Solar Orbiter's inclination will increase to up to 33 degrees out of the ecliptic later in the mission...🌞🛰️

Hey! Lookie what PUNCH (@punch-mission.bsky.social) just saw! Two different solar storms crossing the entire inner solar system! NASA's site doesn't thumbnail well, so click the link for the movie and other images. ☀️🔭🛰️🧪 science.nasa.gov/blogs/punch/...

Inspired by @jtuttlekeane.bsky.social and @ohdearz.bsky.social, here's what the White House proposed budget cuts to NASA would do to the entirety of the agency's Science Mission Directorate. Bloodbath is right.

this is *amazing* #heliophysics

Unlucky folks, we currently have a northward Bz which is unfavourable for aurora (we want a southward Bz) 😬

Looks like the CME has arrived!

A severe G4 storm watch has been issued for tomorrow thanks to a combination of fast solar winds, along with a fast CME (and others) from active region 4100. Hopefully aurora will be visible in central parts of the UK but may battle with daylight… 🌞🛰️🌍

There's a fascinating feature out in @nature.com today from @davidmjourno.bsky.social, on whether and why scientific breakthroughs are getting harder to achieve. It's a narrative being discussed by some of the most powerful science officials in the world, such as OSTP director Michael Kratsios. 🧪

This week I am lecturing at the school on cross-scale coupling of heliospheric systems in L’aquila Italy. The last time I was here was 10 years ago as a PhD student 🌞😅

Please consider submitting to our session at ESWW 🌞 🛰️🚀 🗣️ Call for abstracts for ESWW 2025: CD8 - The Vigil Mission: Advancing Space Weather Operations & Science. 📆 Deadline for oral presentations is 15 May 2025 (5 Sep for posters). 👉 esww.aeronomie.be Go Vigil! 🛰️

Only a few weeks to go to the Edinburgh marathon and training is going well (will hopefully complete 20 miles today) but I am still quite short of my target, every little helps so if you can spare anything to give it would be greatly appreciated ❤️🏃🏼‍♀️ www.justgiving.com/page/stephan...