NASA News   RELEASE 25-072 DEC. 11, 2025 MISSIONS NASA Selects Two Heliophysics Missions for Continued Development    Credit: NASA NASA has selected one small explorer mission concept to advance toward flight design and another for an extended period of concept development. NASA’s Science Mission Directorate Science Management Council selected CINEMA (Cross-scale Investigation of Earth’s Magnetotail and Aurora) to enter Phase B of dev ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2025 Dec 11 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 345 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Dec 2025 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4294 S15W69 284 0800 Ekc 14 25 Beta-Gamma-Delta 4296 S15W55 271 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2025 Dec 10 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 344 Issued at 0030Z on 10 Dec 2025 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 09 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 09/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4294 S17W54 282 0800 Ekc 11 23 Beta-Gamma-Delta 4296 S15W42 270 ...Continue Reading

DECEMBER 9, 2025 Weekly News   Latest Images of the Day (Links below go to our new home at science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory) View the Image of the Day archive A Hot and Fiery Decade for Kīlauea The volcano in Hawaii is one of the most active in the world, and NASA tech makes it easier for volcanologists to monitor new developments. Read More Islands of Fire and Ice Veiled in Cloud Puffs of low-level clouds mingle with the volcanic terrain of Candlemas and Vindication i ...Continue Reading

A Hot and Fiery Decade for KÄ«lauea   DECEMBER 9, 2025 Natural Events   Latest Natural Event Images (Links below go to our new home at science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory) View the natural events archive A Hot and Fiery Decade for Kīlauea The volcano in Hawaii is one of the most active in the world, and NASA tech makes it easier for volcanologists to monitor new developments. Read More     NASA Earth Observatory Where every day ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3575 Issue Time: 2025 Dec 09 1210 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3574 Begin Time: 2025 Dec 05 1530 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1040 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

NASA News   RELEASE 25-071 DEC. 9, 2025 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim, Crewmates Return from Space Station   The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, with Expedition 73 NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov, and Alexey Zubritsky aboard, Dec. 9, 2025. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA astronaut Jonny Kim returned to Earth on Tuesday alongsi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2025 Dec 09 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 343 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Dec 2025 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4294 S16W42 284 0800 Fkc 16 32 Beta-Gamma-Delta 4295 N06W41 283 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 3574 Issue Time: 2025 Dec 08 1237 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 3573 Begin Time: 2025 Dec 05 1530 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 1453 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 #25-45 2025 December 7 at 7:15 p.m. MST (2025 December 8 0215 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 1-7 -Periods of G2-G3 (Moderate-Strong) storms were observed on 03 Dec. -G1 (Minor) storms were observed on 03-04 Dec. -An R3 (Strong) event was observed on 01 Dec. -R2 (Moderate) events were observed on 04 and 06 Dec. -An R1 (Minor) even ...Continue Reading