NOAA Satellites Detect Severe Solar Storm

From March 23–24, 2024, NOAA’s GOES satellites, and others operated by international partners, observed numerous flares erupt from the sun, including a powerful X-class solar flareShow more

A solar storm is a disturbance on the Sun, which can emanate outward across the heliosphere, affecting the entire Solar System, including Earth and its magnetosphere, and is the cause of space weather in the short-term with long-term patterns comprising space climate

Solar storms include:

Solar flare, a large explosion in the Sun's atmosphere caused by tangling, crossing or reorganizing of magnetic field lines

Coronal mass ejection (CME), a massive burst of plasma from the Sun, sometimes associated with solar flares
Geomagnetic storm, the interaction of the Sun's outburst with Earth's magnetic field
Solar particle event (SPE), proton or energetic particle (SEP)