Overview
- NASA postponed the ESCAPADE Mars mission from Florida because the powerful solar storm could harm spacecraft systems.
- The British Geological Survey raised its space-weather alert to the highest level and recorded the strongest ground-level electric fields since monitoring began in 2012, with bright auroras across the UK.
- The initial storm disrupted radio communications and reduced GPS accuracy, degrading navigation and timing services.
- Scientists describe a rare “cannibal” event in which a faster coronal mass ejection overtook an earlier one and the two arrived at Earth as a merged front.
- The Met Office says the Sun is in an active phase producing CMEs, while experts monitor a potentially stronger follow-on that could reach NOAA G5 and threaten satellites and communications, as some media revive unverified Baba Vanga prophecy claims.