NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of an X9.0 solar flare - as seen in the bright flash in the center - on Oct. 3, 2024. This is the largest flare of Solar Cycle 25 to date.
Credit: NASA
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will discuss the Sun's activity and the progression of Solar Cycle 25 during a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 15. Tracking the solar cycle is a key part of better understanding the Sun and mitigating its impacts on technology and infrastructure as humanity explores farther into space.
During the teleconference, experts from NASA, NOAA, and the international Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel, which is co-sponsored by both agencies, will discuss recent solar cycle progress and the forecast for the rest of this cycle.
Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency's website at:
Participants include:
- Jamie Favors, director, NASA's Space Weather Program
- Kelly Korreck, program scientist, NASA's Heliophysics Division
- Elsayed Talaat, director, Office of Space Weather Observations, NOAA
- Bill Murtagh, program coordinator, NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center
- Lisa Upton, co-chair, Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel
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