A solar explosion called a coronal mass ejection is poised to graze Earth on Friday or Saturday (Jan. 24 or Jan. 25), ...

U.S. power grid operators are kept well-informed about the potential impacts of space weather, SWPC Service Coordinator Shawn Dahl previously told Nexstar.

The largest was a “solar superstorm” that hypothetically caused an internet apocalypse, disrupted the US power grid, and caused blackouts across the Eastern seaboard that lasted for weeks, The ...

“That impacts anything from the electric power grid to the aviation industry to GPS accuracy to satellite comms and more,” said Dahl. The federal government has invested heavily in space ...

“It’s a very rare event to happen.” How will the solar storm impact Earth’s infrastructure? At the G4 level, impacts on our infrastructure are possible.

Northern Lights are usually not visible from our area unless a very powerful solar storm comes through. “It causes issues in transformers that can then cause different equipment on the power ...

Energy companies were expected to install a record 18,200 megawatts of grid battery capacity this year, enough to store the entire output from 18 large nuclear reactors for a few hours, according ...

Geomagnetic storm conditions observed over the weekend strengthened Monday morning, creating a “major disturbance in Earth’s magnetic field,” the Space Weather Prediction Center s… ...

U.S. power grid operators are kept well-informed about the potential impacts of space weather, SWPC Service Coordinator Shawn Dahl previously told Nexstar.