High above our planet, where the magnetosphere meets the emptiness of space, a powerful battle unfolds. Streams of charged ...

High above Earth, where space and the planet’s magnetic field meet, powerful forces collide. Streams of charged particles ...

A new sunspot forming on the surface of the sun might be about to fling solar flares in our direction. The sunspot, named 3856, is facing Earth and has developed a volatile type of magnetic field ...

As more satellites are launched into orbit, space agencies are looking at how to predict space weather events that could harm ...

A sunspot cluster has produced "several moderate to strong solar flares" from the sun since 4 a.m. central Wednesday, the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center in Colorado said Thursday afternoon.

Two recent studies published in The Astrophysical Journal discuss findings regarding solar flare properties and a new classification index and the sun's magnetic field, specifically what's called ...

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured the sharpest-ever images of the sun’s surface, revealing ultra-fine bright and dark stripes called striations that are caused by powerful magnetic ...

The coronal mass ejection that led to a warning over the weekend is weakening, the center said, but solar wind speed remains elevated and could result in further geomagnetic storms.

The sun and the intense magnetic activity it generates which causes the northern lights, waxes and wanes on an 11-yearlong solar cycle. The peak of activity – the solar maximum – occurs when ...

A severe geomagnetic storm could bring northern lights as far south as Alabama Sunday and Monday. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center issued a Geomagnetic Storm Alert on Sunday due to a ...

Topline An intense solar storm could disrupt communications and trigger flashy displays of the Northern Lights across large parts of the U.S. on Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

The sun and the intense magnetic activity it generates which causes the northern lights, waxes and wanes on an 11-yearlong solar cycle. The peak of activity – the solar maximum – occurs when ...