Elsayed Talaat, director of space weather operations at NOAA and a U-M Climate and Space alumnus, was featured in “NASA, NOAA: Sun Reaches Maximum Phase in 11-Year Solar Cycle” for the NASA Newsroom. Representatives from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the international Solar Cycle Prediction Panel announced that the Sun Continue Reading »
Tag: space weather
Seeing the Sun in a New Light
For University of Michigan researchers who have dedicated their careers to building a better understanding of the sun, the eclipse holds a different allure: the chance to gather scientific data that’s normally overshadowed by the sun’s blinding light in the visible spectrum and the constant buzz of radio noise at longer electromagnetic wavelengths.
“Space Weather is a Growing Threat. This New NASA Center Aims to Help Protect Us”
A new space weather forecasting center at the University of Michigan seeks to improve solar weather forecasting. The CLEAR Center was featured in an article on Space.com titled “Space Weather is a Growing Threat. This New NASA Center Aims to Help Protect Us” | November 2023
$9.7M for Tools to Improve Forecasts of Harmful Space Weather
Space weather predictions are neither accurate nor timely, and that leaves astronauts without enough time to react to dangerous particles flung out by the sun. Now, NASA is providing $9.7 million to establish a Space Weather Center of Excellence