Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre
We operate the Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre. It's the official source of space weather alerts, warnings and forecasts in Australia.
Space weather refers to environmental conditions caused by events on the Sun. For example, geomagnetic and particle radiation storms. Such events can affect Earth and nearby space.
Space weather can have a significant impact on:
- critical infrastructure, including defence and security infrastructure
- satellites used for positioning, navigation and communications
- power grids and electricity transmission networks
- high-frequency radio communications
- aviation.