The universe is a vast, mysterious place, filled with phenomena that can both awe and alarm us. Among these cosmic events, ...

Aurora chasers are on high alert for geomagnetic storm conditions overnight with northern lights possible at mid-latitudes.

The Carrington Event of 1859 offers a stark reminder of what a massive solar storm can do. During that event, telegraph operators reported sparks flying from their equipment, with some devices ...

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A massive eruption on the sun that flung solar plasma toward Earth on Friday may trigger a strong geomagnetic storm this weekend that could supercharge auroras across the northern United States.

A coronal mass ejection (CME) from a powerful solar blast on March 1 is racing toward Earth, with the potential to spark a geomagnetic storm and subsequent impressive northern lights overnight and ...

The "severe" solar storm in effect has the potential to trigger the northern lights, causing a stunning display of colors visible from parts of the U.S. Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of ...

According to NOAA, CMEs are explosions of plasma and magnetic fields from the sun’s corona which cause geometric storms when they are directed at Earth. Getty Are Solar Storms Dangerous to ...

Scientists have raised concerns about the potential disruption to global communication infrastructure, including the internet, due to increased solar storms ... This super-hot exoplanet could ...

No solar superstorm as powerful as the 1859 event has occurred since, so it is difficult to calculate what impact a comparable storm might have on today’s more wired world. A hint came with the ...

It was a strong solar storm that recently made the Northern Lights visible across the Northern Hemisphere. While Earth's atmosphere and magnetic field protect the planet from these solar events ...

Nov. 10, 2022 — For the first time in its eight years orbiting Mars, NASA's MAVEN mission witnessed two different types of ultraviolet aurorae simultaneously, the result of solar storms that ...