Parker Arts Lecture: Space Weather – What Is It All About?

Parker Arts Lecture: Space Weather – What Is It All About?

Join us for a free community lecture on March 4, 2026 at The Schoolhouse to learn about the impact and mitigation of previous and future extreme weather events in space.

Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Butler, NOAA/Space Weather Prediction Center

Space weather is a concern for our society due to its ability to disrupt or degrade certain types of communications and critical infrastructure technologies. Congressional and executive legislation has been passed to improve space weather science, forecasting, and hazard risk planning because an extreme space weather event could adversely affect commerce and our way of life. But what even is space weather? What does it look like, and what does it do? Come learn the basics of space weather events and how our government actively monitors and forecasts it as part of the National Weather Service.