After a period of relative quiet on the surface of the sun, it is ramping up again in an era of high activity. It could ...

Northern lights enthusiasts have reason to be excited this week as a series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the Sun ...

Earth is bracing for major disruptions to communications, GPS, and technology as a rare four-way solar storm is racing ...

Scientists say a train of CMEs could impact Earth's magnetic field Oct. 15–17, bringing a chance of northern lights across ...

As the cosmos dances to the rhythm of solar activity, a trio of slow-moving solar storms is set to illuminate the night skies across Canada and the northern United States. These solar events, known as ...

Coronal mass ejections are powerful releases of plasma, electrically charged particles from the Sun. The Sun is constantly ...

With advance warning, however, steps can be taken to reduce the risks. If an electrical grid is running near capacity, for ...

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather, NASA said.

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The sun unleashed a strong X1.2 solar flare on Tuesday, May 13, within the region on the sun's western limb, as scientists continue to monitor the possibilities of coronal mass ejections, which can ...

The Sun has a weather pattern of its own, and one of the strangest is the solar rain that falls in its atmosphere during ...

This is the conclusion of researchers from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, who found that the positively charged ions in solar flares—one of the two key components of solar plasma—can be ...