A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary ...

The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged ...

In May 2024, a powerful solar storm had a massive impact on our planet, with effects felt even at the ocean floor. Due to a ...

Predicting these solar storms has always been tricky. But a recent study led by Sabrina Guastavino from the University of ...

NOAA has issued a warning for a severe solar storm expected to hit Earth on October 10-11, 2024. This storm, classified as G4, is caused by a coronal mass ejection from the sun, travelling at ...

The 500,000-mile wide hole has cracked open the sun's atmosphere, leaving a gap over 62 times the diameter of Earth from ...

Six extreme solar storms have struck Earth in the past 14,500 years ... However, the exact date of the most recent Miyake event has, until now, eluded scientists. Dating extreme solar eruption ...

A massive coronal hole on the Sun is sending solar wind toward Earth, increasing aurora visibility in higher latitudes.

Radiation belts are a normal part of the architecture of a planet with a global magnetic field. Stars are constantly leaking particles, borne by a stellar wind; these stream out and, where they ...

The area measures over 62 times the diameter of Earth and is now shooting high-speed solar wind toward Earth ... this wind is ...

There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of solar maximum was a key reason for the spike, but other factors were also at ...

What Would Happen If a Massive Solar Storm Hit Earth? Using NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, Mason and her colleagues analyzed the flickering of coronal loops—arch-like structures in the Sun ...