2. The Star needs to not be terribly active so that the planets have reasonable space weather So, what is space weather?

3. Space Weather includes.. the solar corona, the solar wind, the ionosphere and magnetosphere changes on the Sun propagate and can cause changes in the atmosphere, we use “weather”

4. Our research starts at the Sun In visible light, It’s pretty boring But at UV or X-ray, it has vast changes The largest eruptions are called “CME’s”

5. A large section of the corona blows off When it goes to the side, it’s easiest to see But it’s not heading to us!

6. A large section of the corona blows off When it is heading towards us, it expands like a halo And the CCD sees the snow of the energetic particles

7. The mass of plasma propagates at up to 1000 km per second! (how fast to get here from the Sun?) Modeling efforts are now tying “sun to mud” simulations of the entire system CISM = Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling

8. But the Earth and its inhabitants are mostly protected by our invisible force field

9. When it arrives, it can cause the aurora, and cause major problems for spacecraft and electrical systems

10. Many web pages teach space weather Windows to the Universe Spaceweather.com Image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry Sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov space.rice.edu/ISTP

11. Spaceweather.com Windows to the Universe Spaceweather.com Image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry Sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov space.rice.edu/ISTP

12. IMAGE Poetry Windows to the Universe Spaceweather.com Image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry Sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov space.rice.edu/ISTP

13. sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov Windows to the Universe Spaceweather.com Image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry Sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov space.rice.edu/ISTP

14. space.rice.edu/ISTP spacalrt-subscribe@mailman.rice.edu Windows to the Universe Spaceweather.com Image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry Sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov space.rice.edu/ISTP

15. We can even hear changes in space