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 ...

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

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

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

After solar activity spent several decades on the decrease, the number of sunspots, flares and coronal mass ejections is once ...

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More of the world, including parts of the continental U.S., could see increased instances of Aurora Borealis lights over the ...

Researchers discover hidden solar tornadoes that can disrupt Earth's systems - revealing why current space weather warnings ...

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

Solar storms can have a devastating effect on earth's power and communication grids, and the trio of missions may help to ...

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space ...