How India's Aditya-L1 Mission Helped Decode the Strongest Solar Storm in Decades

Dec 09, 2025 08:22 pm CST

India's Aditya-L1 solar observatory played a crucial role in understanding the unusual behavior of May 2024's powerful solar storm. Working with NASA satellites, it provided essential magnetic field measurements that revealed unprecedented magnetic reconnection within colliding coronal mass ejections, advancing our understanding of space weather phenomena and showcasing India's growing leadership in space science.