A team of scientists has pinpointed one of the biggest solar storms to have hit Earth to 664 BC in what could be a timely warning after the northern lights were visible farther south than usual this ...
Richard Carrington's 1859 observation marked the first recorded instance of a solar flare. The subsequent coronal mass ejection (CME) triggered the most intense geomagnetic storm on record, estimated ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Sun is an immense ball of superheated gas called plasma. Because the plasma is ...
The sun has a bone to pick with Earth — and it’s not done yet. A colossal solar storm just zapped the daylight side of the planet, causing global blackouts and knocking out radio signals across Europe ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Dagomar Degroot, Georgetown University (THE CONVERSATION) In May 2024, part of the Sun ...