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Editorial Standards & Corrections

Last reviewed: November 2026

SpaceWeatherTracker.com publishes real-time space weather data, aurora forecasts, and educational content. Because millions of people use this information to plan aurora hunting, eclipse viewing, and stargazing trips, we hold our editorial work to the standards below.

Who writes this site

SpaceWeatherTracker is an independently operated space-weather and sky-information website created and maintained by a small team of space enthusiasts and editors.

Our team researches, writes, reviews, and maintains the site's content using information from trusted primary sources, including NOAA, NASA, USGS, and other scientific and government organizations.

Articles and educational content are reviewed before publication to help ensure that information is accurate, clearly explained, and supported by reliable sources. Some members of our editorial team choose not to be publicly identified, so we do not publish individual reviewer names.

Our goal is simple: make space weather, astronomy, and sky conditions easier to understand and useful in everyday life — from checking today's solar activity to deciding what you might see in the sky tonight.

Our team reviews the site's content every month to check accuracy and credibility, and the review dates shown on our pages are updated on the first of each month.

Our sources

Real-time telemetry and forecasts on this site come from:

  • NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) — Kp index, solar wind, IMF Bz, X-ray flux, proton flux, CME tracking, geomagnetic storm alerts.
  • NASA — SDO imagery, DSCOVR/ACE L1 telemetry, DONKI CME database, Helioviewer.
  • USGS and international magnetometer networks — ground-based magnetic-field data.
  • Open-Meteo — cloud cover and local weather.
  • Zippopotam.us and Open-Meteo Geocoding — location resolution.

How we verify claims

  • Historical events and numerical claims are cross-checked against at least two sources (typically NOAA/NASA plus peer-reviewed literature or Wikipedia).
  • We label estimates and modeled values (e.g. Drag-Based Model CME arrival times) as estimates, not facts.
  • Live telemetry displayed on the site is fetched directly from NOAA SWPC endpoints and refreshed on a fixed schedule; we do not smooth, edit, or predict values in a way that would obscure the source data.
  • Educational guides are written to be accurate at the level of a general reader — where we simplify, we say so.

AI use

We use AI tools to assist with drafting, formatting, and code — but every article is reviewed and fact-checked by a human before publishing. We do not publish pages generated end-to-end by AI without human editorial oversight.

Independence

Editorial coverage on this site is independent of advertisers. Ads appear via Google AdSense; we have no direct relationship with individual advertisers and their placement does not influence what we write.

Corrections policy

If you spot a factual error — a wrong date, a misattributed source, a broken forecast calculation, a misleading claim — please email spaceweathertracker@gmail.com or use the contact form. We aim to acknowledge corrections within 48 hours and, when we update an article, add a visible correction note at the bottom of the page.

Contact for editorial questions

For story tips, source questions, or interview requests, email spaceweathertracker@gmail.com or use the contact form.