ROOT / EARTH // SPACE WEATHER
// Earth · decoded · deep-research pass
Space Weather, decoded.
Solar activity that hits the grid and satellites, live from NOAA.
LIVE · feed-ready◊ confidence: Medium
// the signal · what the data says
Solar Cycle 25 peaked around 2024-25, driving strong geomagnetic storms (the May 2024 G5 was the strongest in decades). Space weather threatens satellites, GPS, power grids and Starlink (which lost dozens of sats to a 2022 storm). Kp index and flare class are the live headline metrics.
// comparison · every entry, benchmarked & annotated
| Name | Maker | Kp index | Flare (class) | Wind (km/s) | Sunspots |
|---|
| Current | Live | 3 | C2 | 450 | 120 |
| ◊ Read live from NOAA SWPC |
| 24h peak | Live | 6 | M1 | 600 | 120 |
| ◊ Minor storm example |
| G5 threshold | Reference | 9 | X20 | 1000 | 120 |
| ◊ Extreme storm (May 2024 was G5) |
// leaderboard · Kp index
01Current3
0224h peak6
03G5 threshold9
// sources & where to verify
// full index, per-field sourcing & CSV export [ AUTHENTICATE → ]
◊ Deep-research pass, mid-2026. Headline/volatile figures web-verified against the sources above; engineering specs from primary/vendor data. Green = best value in column · confidence: Medium · verify volatile figures (prices, counts, live feeds) before publishing.