As August 2024 set another 20-year high for sunspot numbers on the sun, recent solar flares have yet to top two solar flares from September 2017. One of these flares, which took place seven years ago ...

Coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, can cause both the northern lights and widespread telecommunications disruptions. But could a powerful CME end the human race?

This is great news for those wishing to see the northern lights the predicted geomagnetic storm could spark auroras deep into ...

A powerful solar ... flare ever recorded was detected in 2003, and estimated to be about X45. The CME released at the same time as the X4.5 flare is heading toward Earth and is expected to hit ...

and more sunspots lead to plentiful solar flare eruptions associated with magnetic disturbances that sweep past Earth. While the cycle lasts an average of 11 years, it can be as short as eight or ...

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 September 1859, the same year that Darwin published "On the Origin of Species," telegraph systems across Europe and North ...

Auroras really have been visible from Washington more than usual this year due to the solar cycle’s peak. It could just be ...

The agency shared video of the flare, showing the moment the sun appears to spit out some solar material. X-class flares are the strongest measured by space weather experts, with the largest ever ...

and was the fifth largest solar flare of the current solar cycle. The CME released during the X-flare is currently barreling toward Earth and is predicted to arrive today (Sept. 16). CMEs carry ...

and was the fifth largest solar flare of the current solar cycle. The CME released during the X-flare is currently barreling toward Earth and is predicted to arrive today (Sept. 16). CMEs carry ...