Earth just experienced a rare S4 solar radiation storm, the most intense since 2003 — powerful for satellites and astronauts, ...

A powerful flare unleashed a severe solar storm that caused auroras and GPS disruptions on Earth.

“This is the longest continuous series of images ever created for a single active region: It’s a milestone in solar physics,” ...

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 ...

In the span of two days last week, the sun released two strong solar flares — meaning the solar system experienced its most powerful explosions which can cause some communications blackouts on Earth, ...

Aurora alert! The colossal solar storm could impact and trigger impressive northern lights.

Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Thermal image of an eruption or flare on the surface of the ...

Earth is experiencing a severe solar radiation storm, the strongest in two decades. This event is disrupting satellite ...

Nov. 12 (UPI) --Private space company Blue Origin canceled Wednesday's planned Mars-bound launch from Florida of its ESCAPADE craft for the second time due to increased solar flare activity. The ...