We're back! And we're moving...   We are back! After the lapse in appropriations at the beginning of October, and therefore a lapse in our ability to pay for our newsletter platform, the Earth Observatory team is back to publishing our natural event stories and we are happy to be back in your inbox. We have a slate of new stories to share with you (I will include them all below so you can catch up) and more planned. But in other news...   The Earth Obse ...Continue Reading

We're back! And we're moving...   We are back! After the lapse in appropriations at the beginning of October, and therefore a lapse in our ability to pay for our newsletter platform, the Earth Observatory team is back to publishing our Image of the Day and we are happy to be back in your inbox. We have a slate of new stories to share with you (I will include them all below so you can catch up) and more planned. But in other news...   The Earth Observato ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2025 Dec 03 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 337 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Dec 2025 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4288 N19W86 047 0060 Dai 09 04 Beta 4290 S10W73 034 0020 Hrx 0 ...Continue Reading

NASA News   CONTRACT RELEASE C25-025 DEC. 2, 2025 MISSIONS NASA Awards Lunar Freezer System Contract   Credit: NASA NASA has selected the University of Alabama at Birmingham to provide the necessary systems required to return temperature sensitive science payloads to Earth from the Moon.  The Lunar Freezer System contract is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award with cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery orders. The contract begins Thurs ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3569 Issue Time: 2025 Dec 02 0501 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3568 Begin Time: 2025 Nov 25 1450 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 8521 pfu Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or updat ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2025 Dec 02 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 336 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Dec 2025 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4288 N19W73 047 0060 Dai 09 09 Beta 4290 S10W62 036 0020 Hsx 0 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3568 Issue Time: 2025 Dec 01 0459 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3567 Begin Time: 2025 Nov 25 1450 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 8310 pfu Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or updat ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #25-44 2025 November 30 at 7:03 p.m. MST (2025 December 1 0203 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For November 24-30 -An R2 (Moderate) event was observed on 28 Nov. -Six R1 (Minor) events were observed on 29 Nov. -G1 (Minor) storming was observed on 25 and 27 Nov. Outlook For December 1-7 -R1-R2 (Minor-Moderate) events are likely through 07 Dec. ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2025 Dec 01 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 335 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Dec 2025 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4288 N19W59 047 0120 Dai 09 08 Beta 4290 S10W48 036 0030 Hsx 0 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3567 Issue Time: 2025 Nov 30 0459 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3566 Begin Time: 2025 Nov 25 1450 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 23005 pfu Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or upda ...Continue Reading