SourceNASA’s PUNCH Sharpens Solar Storm Forecasting in First Test
Precise forecasting helps protect satellites, astronauts, and power grids from the damaging effects of solar storms.
- Analyzed continuous 3D imagery of a coronal mass ejection that left the Sun on May 31, 2025.
- Computer model settled on a final prediction 12 hours after the ejection, predicting arrival 8 hours later.
- Achieved arrival time accuracy within 30 minutes, 10 times more accurate than current 5-hour window methods.
- Results presented at the Committee on Space Research Scientific Meeting and submitted to Space Weather.