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NOAA issued a rare G5 severe geomagnetic storm warning as the sun approaches its solar maximum. Despite warnings that coronal mass ejections could disrupt power grids and GPS, no major blackouts or infrastructure failures were reported. The science behind sunspots and magnetic field tangling is explained via NPR and PBS reports.
Solar Flares, Space Weather and Radio Communications
A series of long-duration X-class and M-class solar flares have produced earth-directed coronal mass ejections, causing significant atmospheric ionization. These space weather events have disrupted high-frequency radio communications across the Eastern Hemisphere. Ham radio operators reported that bands were "wiped out" by the solar activity, which was monitored via 131 angstrom imaging.
