The event, described by scientists as "very rare, beautiful, and even a bit strange," involved a cold prominence rich in ...
Flickering coronal "loops" on the Sun are warning signs of a coming solar eruption, paving the way for better space weather ...
The colorful northern lights may reveal themselves to a wide swath of Americans Friday night due to an impending solar storm ...
The colorful northern lights may reveal themselves to South Dakotans Friday night due to an impending solar storm forecast to ...
Sunspot AR3234 blasted an X2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple wavelengths. Credit: NASA/SDO/Helio Viewer | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Mu ...
Aurora chasers are on high alert for minor geomagnetic storm conditions from Jan. 24 through to Jan. 25. Northern lights ...
The sun, a searing hot sphere of gas primarily composed of hydrogen and helium, boasts surface and outer atmospheric ...
July 19, 2024 — Space storms could soon be forecasted with greater accuracy than ever before thanks to a big leap forward in our understanding of exactly when a violent solar eruption may hit Earth.
“In a world that is now so dependent on electricity and electronics, a similar event has the potential to cause widespread ...
Volcanic eruptions were cataclysmic in centuries past, from the 43 B.C. eruption of a volcano in Alaska that caused failed ...
But as awe-inspiring as these solar eruptions are, they also carry potential dangers for technology and astronauts in space – and even here on Earth. A group of dedicated researchers has made a ...