Explore Space Weather
![](/images/icons/sw_intro.jpg)
What are scientists talking about when they say "space weather"? How is it like weather ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sw_today.jpg)
Like weather on Earth, space weather is constantly changing. On Earth you can simply look ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sw_explore.gif)
Space weather begins at the Sun and its ever-expanding atmosphere. From the human perspective, ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sw_model.jpg)
How do we know what kind of "weather" we're having in space? Scientists use a network of ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sw_physics.jpg)
Subatomic particles zipping around through magnetized plasma - does that sound like physics ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sw_multimedia.jpg)
Access spectacular movies and a very full image gallery to find out more about space weather ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sw_activities.jpg)
Hands-on activities, longer term projects, and tricky problems to tickle your brain - we've ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sw_glossary.gif)
There is a lot of specialized language used in the field of space weather. Here are definitions ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sw_cism.jpg)
Visit the CISM site to read news and highlights, access presentations and seminars ...
Read more
![](/images/icons/sw_archive.jpg)
This is the "old" space weather section in case you're looking for a page that was housed there ...
Read more
Did you know?
Did you know that
seismic waves can travel through the
Earth and produce
earthquakes?
What are dip-slip and transform faults? Find out more on our geologic fault page!
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
QuaternaryxQuaternary : The Quaternary is the geologic time period comprising about the last 1.65 million years.
Click on the word to find out!
Research Highlights
A new analysis of the unusually long solar cycle that ended in 2008 suggests that one reason for the long cycle could be a stretching of the sun's conveyor belt, a current of plasma that circulates between...
Read more![](/olpa/images/solar_cycle_small.jpg)