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Experts available THIS WEEK to discuss predictions for upcoming solar cycle

Did you know that there are seasons in space? Similar to the Earth’s four seasons, the Sun experiences different phases as part of its 11-year cycle. Just as the Northern Hemisphere on Earth is about to go into the fall season, the Sun is also gearing up to begin a new phase of increased solar activity.

NOAA and NASA scientists are available virtually for live or taped interviews using video chat platforms like Skype on September 16 from 6:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EDT to show your viewers new views of the Sun, and tell us what the upcoming solar cycle means for us.

Weather in space comes in the form of electrically charged particles and radiation from our Sun. Space weather doesn’t physically impact humans on the ground, but it can affect the sensitive electronics on our satellites, as well as our power grids and communications and navigation systems. Radiation can be dangerous for our astronauts too — especially those working outside the International Space Station and for future explorers to the Moon.

As we rely more heavily on electronics in our everyday life, monitoring solar activity and space weather extremes has never been more important. Find out how scientists forecast weather on the Sun, what we’re learning about our star, and what it means for how we protect our technology.

To schedule an interview please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/RjKrk77oJfxqy32P6 Interviews will be conducted using video chat programs including Skype in 15-minute slots. For example 600-615 ET, 615-630 ET, etc. Satellite interviews are not available.
** Spanish interviews are available**

*** Note *** NASA and NOAA will hold a teleconference to discuss predictions for the upcoming solar cycle at 1 p.m. EST Tuesday, Sept. 15. Click HERE for more information.

SUGGESTED ANCHOR INTRO: THE WORDS “SPACE WEATHER” MAY CONJURE UP IMAGES OF INTERGALACTIC TORNADOES AND STAR-FILLED BLIZZARDS, BUT IT ACTUALLY REFERS TO THE ELECTRICALLY CHARGED PARTICLES AND RADIATION FROM THE SUN. AFTER A QUIET FEW YEARS, OUR SUN IS ONCE AGAIN RAMPING UP WITH ACTIVITY. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US? JOINING US NOW IS xxxx from NASA/NOAA TO TELL US HOW SCIENTISTS ARE PROTECTING OUR TECHNOLOGY….

Scientists:
Alex Young / NASA Goddard Solar Scientist
Lika Guhathakurta / NASA HQ Program Scientist
Diego Janches / NASA Goddard Scientist [Interviews in Spanish]
Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla / NASA Goddard Solar Scientist [Interviews in Spanish]
Doug Biesecker / NOAA, (SWPC. Solar Cycle Prediction Panel, Space Weather)
Elsayed Talaat / NOAA, (NESDIS - Director, Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis)
Dan Seaton / University of Colorado/NOAA Solar Scientist
Lisa Upton / Co-chair of the Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel, Space Systems Research Corporation
Jim Spann / Solar Weather Lead, NASA HQ

Suggested Questions:


  1. What is a solar cycle, and what does it mean when we say our Sun is nearing a new phase?

  2. Just as we monitor hurricanes from space, scientists also keep a close eye on the Sun with different satellites. Why is it important to understand what’s going on with our Sun?

  3. How are we monitoring and preparing for space weather events?

  4. NASA and NOAA have a number of satellites looking at different aspects of the Sun. How do all of these help with our understanding of space weather?

  5. As we look forward to sending astronauts to the Moon with the Artemis program, can you talk about how important forecasting space weather will be?

  6. How can our viewers learn more about the Sun and space weather? [Space Weather Prediction Center: spaceweather.gov

Longer Interview Questions:

  1. NASA has helped launch two missions to study the Sun in the past few years, Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter. What are you hoping to learn from those missions?

  2. Solar storms are often compared in severity to the Carrington Event. What is the Carrington Event, and what would it look like if one happened today?

  3. NASA and NOAA play different roles in monitoring the Sun. Can you talk about how the agencies work together?

  4. The Sun is coming out of a quiet period where we saw very little activity including zero sunspots over the course of 34 consecutive days between February and March of this year, and 40 consecutive days between November and December of last year. What is a sunspot and how unusual is it to see so few of them?

  5. How do you think this solar cycle will compare to other cycles?
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Roughly every 11 years, at the height of the solar cycle, the Sun’s magnetic poles flip — on Earth, that’d be like the North and South Poles swapping places every decade — and the Sun transitions from sluggish to active and stormy.During the most active part of the cycle, known as solar maximum, the Sun can unleash immense explosions of light, energy, and solar radiation — all of which create conditions known as space weather. Space weather can affect satellites and astronauts in space, as well as communications systems — such as radio and GPS — and power grids on Earth. When the Sun is most active, space weather events become more frequent. 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The Sun’s outbursts—including eruptions known as solar flares and coronal mass ejections—can disturb the satellites and communications signals traveling around Earth, or one day, Artemis astronauts exploring distant worlds. Scientists study the solar cycle so we can better predict solar activity.Click here for the NOAA press kit.Listen to the media telecon.Participants:• Lisa Upton, Co-chair, Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel; Solar Physicist, Space Systems Research Corporation• Doug Biesecker, Solar Physicist, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center; Co-chair, Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel• Elsayed Talaat, Director, Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service • Lika Guhathakurta, Heliophysicist, Heliophysics Division, NASA Headquarters • Jake Bleacher, Chief Exploration Scientist, NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate || ", "release_date": "2020-09-15T13:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:44:42.266856-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 382531, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013700/a013714/Solar_max_min.00001_print.jpg", "filename": "Solar_max_min.00001_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "2. VIDEOImages from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory highlight the appearance of the Sun at solar minimum (left, Dec. 2019) versus solar maximum (right, April 2014). These images are in the 171 wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light, which reveals the active regions on the Sun that are more common during solar maximum. Credit: NASA", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } }, { "id": 13715, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13715/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "How To Track The Solar Cycle", "description": "A new solar cycle comes roughly every 11 years. Over the course of each cycle, the Sun transitions from relatively calm to active and stormy, and then quiet again; at its peak, the Sun’s magnetic poles flip. Now that the star has passed solar minimum, scientists expect the Sun will grow increasingly active in the months and years to come.Understanding the Sun’s behavior is an important part of life in our solar system. The Sun’s outbursts—including eruptions known as solar flares and coronal mass ejections—can disturb the satellites and communications signals traveling around Earth, or one day, Artemis astronauts exploring distant worlds. Scientists study the solar cycle so we can better predict solar activity. As of 2020, the Sun has begun to shake off the sleep of minimum, which occurred in December 2019, and Solar Cycle 25 is underway. Scientists use several indicators to track solar cycle progress. || ", "release_date": "2020-09-15T13:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:44:42.389946-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 382631, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013700/a013715/13715_TrackSolarCycle_YouTube.00284_print.jpg", "filename": "13715_TrackSolarCycle_YouTube.00284_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available.Music credits: “Infinite” by Joseph Pincus [ASCAP]; “Reflective Sensations”, “Ideas For Tomorrow”, “Think Tank” by Laurent Dury [SACEM]; “Wonderful Orbit” by Tom Furse Fairfax Cowan [PRS]", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } }, { "id": 13698, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13698/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Small Flare Seen on the Sun, August 16, 2020", "description": "NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory observes the Aug. 16, 2020, B-class flare at 131, 171, and 193 angstroms. 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Credit: NASA/SDO", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } }, { "id": 20320, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20320/", "page_type": "Animation", "title": "Solar Energetic Particles", "description": "The Sun goes through phases of strong activity, during which eruptions can occur. Such eruptions can have multiple components, including X rays, coronal mass ejection plasma, and solar energetic particles – bursts or events of fast-moving particles. These events can occur suddenly and have the potential to rapidly change the radiation environment of wide swaths of the inner solar system where they may create hazardous conditions. Not only are such conditions dangerous for humans in space, but the intense ionizing radiation can also affect the interior of spacecraft, including sensitive electronics. Solar energetic particles can reach all regions of near-Earth space, including the lunar surface, with the exception of low-altitude and low-latitude Earth orbit, where the Earth’s magnetic field is strong enough to form a protective barrier. || ", "release_date": "2020-08-14T09:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:44:46.205467-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 383921, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a020000/a020300/a020320/SEP_wideview_v01160_print.jpg", "filename": "SEP_wideview_v01160_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "An intense solar eruptive event has many parts. This animation starts with a solar flare, which sends light and energy in straight paths, traveling at the speed of light. A coronal mass ejection, or CME, appears next – this is a giant cloud of solar particles that also expands in a straight direction with speeds up to two thousand miles an hour. The eruption also generates solar energetic particles, with speeds nearly reaching the speed of light, following the spiral shape of the solar wind’s magnetic fields into interplanetary space. ", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } }, { "id": 13641, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13641/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "A Decade of Sun", "description": "This 10-year time lapse of the Sun at 17.1nm shows the rise and fall of the solar cycle and notable events, like transiting planets and solar eruptions. Music: \"Solar Observer\" written and produced for this video by Lars Leonhard.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDOWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || SDO_Year10_Poster_1080.png (1920x1080) [7.5 MB] || SDO_Year10_Poster_1080.jpg (1920x1080) [519.0 KB] || SDO_Year10_Poster_4k.jpg (3840x2160) [972.4 KB] || SDO_Year10_Poster_4k.png (3840x2160) [27.2 MB] || SDO_10_Year_Sun_1080_15mbps.mp4 (1920x1080) [6.5 GB] || SDO_Year_10_FINAL_720FB.mp4 (1280x720) [7.3 GB] || SDO_10_Year_Sun_1080_15mbps.webm (1920x1080) [482.2 MB] || SDO_10_Year_Sun_ProRes_3840x2160_24.mov (3840x2160) [191.6 GB] || SDO_10_Year_Sun_4k_100mbps.mp4 (3840x2160) [42.9 GB] || SDO_10_Year_Sun_4k_20mbps.mp4 (3840x2160) [8.7 GB] || SDO_10_Year_Sun_SRT_Captions.en_US.srt [2.7 KB] || SDO_10_Year_Sun_SRT_Captions.en_US.vtt [2.8 KB] || ", "release_date": "2020-06-24T10:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:44:53.942741-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 384471, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013600/a013641/Composite_10yr_Sun_print.jpg", "filename": "Composite_10yr_Sun_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This composite image is made from 151 individual SDO frames. They span the full ten-year run of the time lapse and a few notable events are hidden within it.", "width": 1024, "height": 576, "pixels": 589824 } } ], "sources": [], "products": [], "newer_versions": [], "older_versions": [], "alternate_versions": [] }