Aurora alert! The colossal solar storm could impact and trigger impressive northern lights.
A NOAA forecast has Northern Lights visible in northern U.S. states overnight on Monday, Jan. 19 through Tuesday, Jan. 20, as ...
The planet is experiencing the most powerful solar event since 2003—and it's bringing spectacular Northern Lights.
Earth faced its most violent solar assault of 2026 when an X-class flare erupted from the sun's surface on January 18, ...
A solar radiation storm stronger than one we’ve seen in over two decades is in progress, the Space Weather Prediction Center ...
Solar physicists have long known that the sun stores staggering amounts of magnetic energy, but the exact trigger that lets ...
By tracing solar flare gamma rays, scientists gain new insight into particle behavior that shapes space weather forecasts.
The storm is also responsible for pushing the aurora farther south, giving some people across the southern U.S. a rare chance to see the northern lights.
A powerful flare unleashed a severe solar storm that caused auroras and GPS disruptions on Earth.
F or all of its life-sustaining energy, the sun is pretty chaotic. Roiling plasma covers its surface along with fluidic snarls of magnetic fields that birth solar flares. These fiery outbursts occur ...
Solar Orbiter captured the most detailed view of a solar flare, observing the build-up of events that lead to the explosion.
The sun released a powerful solar flare followed by a fast-moving coronal mass ejection on January 18, resulting in a ...