Earth is bracing for major disruptions to communications, GPS, and technology as a rare four-way solar storm is racing ...

After a period of relative quiet on the surface of the sun, it is ramping up again in an era of high activity. It could ...

Space weather can be a silent threat, its effects often invisible until disaster strikes. Yet, as humanity grows more ...

Normally only visible much closer to the north pole, the Northern Lights have been seen as far south as New Mexico in recent ...

Scientists say a train of CMEs could impact Earth's magnetic field Oct. 15–17, bringing a chance of northern lights across ...

ESA ran a full-scale solar storm drill to prepare for the next Carrington Event - an eruption powerful enough to disrupt life on Earth.

Northern lights enthusiasts have reason to be excited this week as a series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the Sun ...

Coronal mass ejections are powerful releases of plasma, electrically charged particles from the Sun. The Sun is constantly ...

A new University of Michigan study offers one of the most detailed pictures so far of how violent sun storms spread across ...

The storm could interrupt high-frequency radio transmissions, such as by aircraft trying to communicate with distant traffic control towers. Most commercial aircraft can use satellite transmission as ...

With advance warning, however, steps can be taken to reduce the risks. If an electrical grid is running near capacity, for ...

Earth could continue to experience effects from solar flare. An asymmetric, partial halo coronal mass ejection (CME) occurred on Dec. 28, 2015 in association with an M1 flare (R1-Minor radio blackout) ...