The Northern Lights (aurora borealis) may be seen in 15 northern U.S. states this week, with a geomagnetic storm forecast for ...

The sun's corona—the outermost layer of its atmosphere, visible only during a total solar eclipse—has long intrigued ...

Our Sun constantly froths with sunspots and solar flares, many larger than our planet, and yet these are dwarfed by Coronal Mass Ejections, such as the Carrington Event of 1859, which would have wiped ...

What was the 1859 Carrington Event? As a massive solar flare, this event disrupted global telegraph systems and caused ...

Our sun has been recently making news headlines as we’re still in a strong solar cycle that has generated numerous solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs).

Vassy Kapelos asks astrophysicist Jesse Rogerson about the powerful solar flares that erupted on the Sun last week and how ...

A massive solar storm can hit Earth in the coming days. But we are not prepared to face the wrath of the sun, and the solar ...

During the emergency drill, the most serious situation imagined was a huge solar storm, a powerful explosion from the Sun ...

Recent intense solar flares, originating from sunspot AR4087, have triggered global concerns about potential space weather ...

A new report on the U.S.'s readiness in the face of threats from space has revealed concerns about our vulnerability to major ...

A significant solar storm is approaching Earth, triggering alerts from NASA and global space agencies. The Sun emitted a ...

This image shows the Sun’s magnetic fields over a NASA photo from March 12, 2016, and this image highlights how these fields are densest near bright, active regions on the Sun. This image shows the ...