Space Weather News for Dec. 31, 2007
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SOLAR ACTIVITY: The New Year could begin with a bang--or rather a solar flare. A sunspot
hidden just behind the sun's eastern limb has unleashed two X-ray flares and a bright CME
(coronal mass ejection) in the past 24 hours. This activity could signal the return of
large sunspot 978, which has spent the last two weeks transiting the far side of the sun.
Today or tomorrow, the sun's rotation should carry the active region over the limb and
into view from Earth; then we can evaluate its potential for more flares and CMEs. Visit SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids for images and updates.
HEAVENLY MEETING: Last night, emerald Comet 8P/Tuttle glided by spiral galaxy M33
producing a heavenly scene for astrophotographers around the world. Dozens of photos may
be found in Spaceweather's Comet Tuttle gallery: Spaceweather.com: Comet Tuttle
SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids
SOLAR ACTIVITY: The New Year could begin with a bang--or rather a solar flare. A sunspot
hidden just behind the sun's eastern limb has unleashed two X-ray flares and a bright CME
(coronal mass ejection) in the past 24 hours. This activity could signal the return of
large sunspot 978, which has spent the last two weeks transiting the far side of the sun.
Today or tomorrow, the sun's rotation should carry the active region over the limb and
into view from Earth; then we can evaluate its potential for more flares and CMEs. Visit SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids for images and updates.
HEAVENLY MEETING: Last night, emerald Comet 8P/Tuttle glided by spiral galaxy M33
producing a heavenly scene for astrophotographers around the world. Dozens of photos may
be found in Spaceweather's Comet Tuttle gallery: Spaceweather.com: Comet Tuttle
