Learn space weather on the real map

Six short modules. Each one puts the live tracker on the page, gives you one thing to do, and shows you what really happened. No account. Works on a phone.

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LiveThis is today's Sun. Every wedge is a real CME from the last 90 days.

The course

Take them in order, or jump in anywhere

Module 1 · Live

The Sun has weather

What a CME is, what the wedge stands for, and why most of them miss us.

6 min

Module 2 · Real eruption

Why the Sun erupts

Wound-up magnetic field, sunspots, and the snap that launches a storm. Watch one leave.

7 min

Module 3 · Replay

Watch a storm happen

The May 2024 superstorm, launch to arrival, in three stops. Call the arrival before you see it.

8 min

Module 4 · One CME

How forecasting works

Move the solar wind and watch the arrival time move. Then see how often the model is right.

7 min

Module 5 · Lab

Predict it yourself

Commit to a number before the reveal, twice. Then launch your own CME through the real model.

8 min

Module 6 · Tonight

Tonight, for real

Make an aurora call on tonight's live data. Come back tomorrow and we score it.

5 min

Teaching this?

Three 45-minute lesson plans, projector setup and the NGSS mapping. CME Tracker is listed in NASA's SOHO classroom links.

Lesson plans for teachers

Nothing you do here is stored anywhere but your own browser. No accounts, no tracking of students.