Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In May 2024, the Sun launched multiple, powerful eruptions toward Earth, causing the largest geomagnetic storm in over 20 years. The solar storm was so intense, it knocked out many GPS and communication systems and even sparked auroras as far south as Mexico. This scientific visualization shows how the storm affected Earth’s magnetosphere in real time.
Music Credit: “Work to Be Done” by Ross Stephen Gilmartin [PRS] via Universal Production Music
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Video credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Producer: Beth Anthony (eMITS)
Visualizer: Andrew J Christensen (SSAI)
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In May 2024, the Sun launched multiple, powerful eruptions toward Earth, causing the largest geomagnetic storm in over 20 years. The solar storm was so intense, it knocked out many GPS and communication systems and even sparked auroras as far south as Mexico. This scientific visualization shows how the storm affected Earth’s magnetosphere in real time.
Music Credit: “Work to Be Done” by Ross Stephen Gilmartin [PRS] via Universal Production Music
Sound Effects: pixabay.com
Video credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Producer: Beth Anthony (eMITS)
Visualizer: Andrew J Christensen (SSAI)
This video can be freely shared and downloaded at svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14779 While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14779
For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/.
If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: youtube.com/NASAGoddard
Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
· Instagram: instagram.com/nasagoddard
· X: twitter.com/NASAGoddard
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· Flickr: flickr.com/photos/gsfc
