Olivierlejardinier
Jedi Council Member
Solar activity is ramping up, following a stream of solar winds from a huge coronal hole, a new active region is flaring since yesterday :

Eye candy :
Here's the thread from spaceweatherlive community forum :
EARTH-DIRECTED SOLAR FLARES: Fast-growing sunspot 3981 is directly facing Earth and crackling with strong solar flares. An M8.8-class explosion on Feb 3rd (0358 UT) was only percentage points below category X. We are waiting for fresh data from SOHO coronagraphs to see if any CMEs are heading our way as a result of these flares.

Eye candy :
COMET ATLAS AND THE SOUTHERN LIGHTS: Over the weekend, a solar wind stream buffeted Earth's magnetic field, sparking auroras in the southern hemisphere. Mike White photographed Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) gliding through the light show over Twizel, New Zealand:
And someone think he discovered something strange falling on the sun in LASCO coronagraph's pictures. The animated GIF provided by another member indeed show a small black dot with a short tail impacting the sun.Here's the thread from spaceweatherlive community forum :
Something huge fell on the Sun today
Posted Saturday at 07:33 PM
I just wanna share with all of you my current observation.
Something huge fell on the Sun today, I saw it on the LASCO C2 (screenshot).
Please notice how this thing, falling into the solar corona, cuts the solar wind! Awsome!
I recommend to check LASCO C2 movie between 09:36 UTC and 12:12 UTC.
There is also a flare and CME when it impacts the Sun, but that is most certainly a coincidence.
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