Scientists have captured an exceptionally rare, high-resolution view of an active region that produced two powerful X-class ...

The sun’s current 11-year activity cycle has already peaked—but extreme outbursts from our star may still be in store ...

The spectacle was particularly enthralling for Lisa Upton, who caught the skies over Boulder, Colo., glowing eerily red. Upton, a heliophysicist at the Southwest Research Institute, is an expert in ...

Solar Flares Create Dazzling Northern Lights But Impact Launch Forecasts As Temps Rise in Central Florida ...

Increased solar activity causes auroras that dance around Earth’s poles, known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, and southern lights, or aurora australis. When the energized particles from ...

The Northern Lights dazzled Irish skies in the early hours this morning, with more expected tonight after Earth was hit by two solar storms.

Solar flares, the sudden bursts of radiation that erupt from the Sun’s atmosphere, have become a topic of intense scrutiny for scientists. The potential of these flares to disrupt power grids and ...

A powerful geomagnetic solar storm is helping to unveil northern lights across the United States. Here's how auroras become visible.

The NOAA three-day forecast is dotted with several predictions of KP levels reaching high enough for a G1 geomagnetic storm. A G1 storm is a minor solar storm, but one that could bring potential ...