Usually, a solar storm means that auroras will light up the sky. But more powerful storms, such as this ancient one, could ...

Space weather experts warn that a moderate-strength geomagnetic storm could hit Earth Friday or Saturday (Aug. 8 or 9) — ...

The M4.4 solar flare unleashed a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space — and Earth might just receive a glancing blow.

Solar storms that fling magnetism across the solar system can knock out satellites, power grids, communication and navigation ...

An active sunspot could give photographers another reason to photograph the night skies this weekend. A solar flare that hit ...

A coronal mass ejection hurtling from the sun toward Earth could unleash the northern lights in up to 18 states in the US.

A solar storm, also known as geomagnetic storm, occurs when the solar wind - which consists of charged particles that are constantly streaming from the sun - interact with the Earth's magnetic ...

Our sun is about five times less magnetically active than other sunlike stars—effectively a special case. The reason for this ...

RMI has released Solar Under Storm III, analyzing solar power facilities in the hurricane-prone Caribbean and reviewing past ...

At these distances, the satellites remain within Earth’s protective magnetic shield and can reliably measure the planet’s ...