Space weather can be a silent threat, its effects often invisible until disaster strikes. Yet, as humanity grows more ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Northern lights enthusiasts have reason to be excited this week as a series of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the Sun race toward Earth. As predicted by the NOAA, the most intense solar activity ...

Northern lights could be visible in much of the U.S. this weekend, but the strong solar storm headed toward Earth could also potentially disrupt communications. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

A whopping sunspot that is getting larger and crackling with activity threatens to flash powerful solar flares in our planet's direction. The sunspot, named AR3780, appears to be getting bigger and ...

Solar flares, these massive bursts of energy from the Sun, are both fascinating and potentially dangerous to our planet. Learning about these solar events and their profound impact on Earth is ...

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

A Feb. 22 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims the sun is to blame for a widespread cellphone outage. "AT&T Cell Phone Towers Have Allegedly Been Down Do To Powerful Solar Flares Being ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...