Satellite Data Reveals a Huge Solar Storm in 2024 Shrank Earth's Protective Plasma Shield

Satellite data reveals a huge solar storm in 2024 shrank Earth's protective plasma shield

The Gannon superstorm in May 2024 compressed Earth's plasmasphere to just one-fifth its normal size, triggering rare mid-latitude auroras and highlighting the disruption extreme space weather events can cause.

Superstorm squeezed Earth’s plasmasphere to record low – disrupting tech around the world

A powerful solar storm arrived last May and pushed Earth’s protective systems harder than anything seen in more than twenty years. When waves of charged material erupted from the Sun and slammed into the planet on May 10 and 11, 2024, the impact set off a chain of rapid changes in the space around you. What scientists uncovered from this event offers the clearest picture yet of how an extreme solar storm can squeeze Earth’s plasma layers, distor…

The super solar storm of May 2024 shrank Earth's shield to unprecedented levels, what did we learn?

A scientific team has for the first time measured how a geomagnetic superstorm drastically compressed Earth's plasmasphere, disrupted auroras, and affected communications, GPS, and satellites during the most intense solar event in more than two decades.Scientists have captured the first detailed observations of how a superstorm compresses Earth's plasmasphere. Credit: Institute for Space-Ground Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University.Ge…