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NASA's Sun Looks Like Jack-O'-Lantern, Storms Ahead!

10/29/2025

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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured an image on October 28, 2025 resembling a jack-o'-lantern, with bright regions and dark coronal holes.
The sun's mouth is a vast coronal hole releasing a high-speed solar wind toward Earth.
This wind could trigger geomagnetic storms from October 28 to 29, with auroras at mid-latitudes.
SDO has monitored the sun since 2010 to help scientists understand space weather and its effects.

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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured an image on October 28, 2025 resembling a jack-o'-lantern, with bright regions and dark coronal holes.
The sun's mouth is a vast coronal hole releasing a high-speed solar wind toward Earth.
This wind could trigger geomagnetic storms from October 28 to 29, with auroras at mid-latitudes.
SDO has monitored the sun since 2010 to help scientists understand space weather and its effects.