NASA Detects Unusual Surge in Solar Activity — Beyond the Normal Cycle ☀️ NASA scientists have reported that the Sun’s activity is increasing in a way that defies its usual patterns. Ordinarily, the Sun follows an 11-year solar cycle, transitioning from quiet phases (solar minimum) to energetic peaks (solar maximum) before calming again. These cycles are measured through sunspots, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). However, recent data suggests that since around 2008, the Sun’s beh

Severe Solar Storm Collapses Earth's Plasmasphere by Nearly 80%, Data Show TOKYO, Dec 1, 2025 – A powerful solar storm in May 2024 triggered one of the most dramatic contractions of Earth’s plasmasphere ever recorded, compressing the protective torus of cold plasma surrounding the planet by almost 80% in a matter of hours, according to data from Japan’s Arase satellite published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. Scientists have named the event the “Gannon storm” after the researcher w