In January 2026, ESA’s CryoSat satellite, primarily designed to monitor polar ice, detected a powerful geomagnetic storm triggered by an X-class solar flare. This was made possible after the satellite ...
It seems improbable that a satellite designed to monitor polar ice sheets and floating sea ice could accurately measure a disturbance in Earth's magnetic field. But that is just what ESA's CryoSat ...
On January 18, the Sun released a powerful eruption of high-energy particles that reached Earth in a jiff. The eruption caused some of the most intense radiation storms on record, resulting in ...