The famous Carrington event, the most powerful on record, was not accompanied by a solar particle storm, so it is difficult ...

A solar radiation storm struck Earth 14,300 years ago, showering the planet with high-energy particles and leaving a spike in radiocarbon.

A geomagnetic storm unleashed by the sun on Sunday could create colorful auroral displays over parts of the United States Wednesday and Thursday night.

The solar eruption set Earth's skies ablaze, with vibrant auroras visible across the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

A rare and rowdy “cannibal” solar eruption slammed into Earth this ... s Space Weather Prediction Center had warned of a G3-level storm for April 16 — but Mother Nature cranked it up to ...

No imminent risk was identified,' Meléndez said. The solar storm began on Tuesday, reaching a moderate G2 level overnight. The following day, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

Predictions for the solar cycle vary significantly, with some scientists putting the odds of a roughly Carrington-level storm at about 1 percent, while others have gone as high as around 25 percent.

A coronal mass ejection (CME) from a powerful solar ... a G-scale, which ranks their intensity from G1 (minor) to G5 (extreme ...

NEW YORK — A strong solar storm headed to Earth could produce colorful aurora displays across more U.S. states than usual Tuesday night. The sun earlier this week burped out huge bursts of ...

Noaa’s Space Weather Prediction Center issued a Geomagnetic Storm Warning for a "strong" G3 level event on the geomagnetic storm scale for early Wednesday morning. The scale goes up to G5.

Scientists and forecasters at NOAA's SWPC were credited with providing ample time with early warnings ahead of the solar storm, allowing end users such as power grid operators to take the ...

The severe solar storm, initially classified as a level 3 on a scale from 1 to 5 and now classified as level 4, could also disrupt communications, the power grid and satellite operations ...