Aurora chasers are on high alert for minor geomagnetic storm conditions from Jan. 24 through to Jan. 25. Northern lights ...

Why auroras, solar storms may occur more frequently More frequent aurora displays are likely in the coming years, as the sun reaches the solar maximum stage of its magnetic field activity in 2025 ...

A solar storm might bring the aurora borealis to northern U.S. states on Tuesday as the sun is in the maximum activity phase of its 11-year cycle.

A solar storm might bring the aurora borealis to northern U.S. states on Tuesday as the sun is in the maximum activity phase of its 11-year cycle.

The northern lights will have a better chance of being seen throughout Canada and Alaska once the sun sets in the state. A ...

FILE – An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is seen in the night sky on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in Moscow, Idaho. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) ...

During a solar eclipse, astronomers who study heliophysics are able to study the sun's corona—its outer atmosphere—in ways ...

In 1859, a severe solar storm triggered auroras as far south as Hawaii and caught telegraph lines on fire in a rare event. And a 1972 solar storm may have detonated magnetic U.S. sea mines off the ...

But researchers found that the space hurricane formed under a northward-aligned IMF, which typically "closes the door" to geomagnetic activity. As a result, these storms often go unnoticed by standard ...

A solar storm might bring the aurora borealis to northern U.S. states on Tuesday as the sun is in the maximum activity phase of its 11-year cycle.