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

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

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

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

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.

When the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) issued a geomagnetic storm watch for a pretty powerful solar event on Mother's Day Weekend and I ...

Scientists hope that in the future the instrument will help predict powerful and potentially damaging solar storms. The Daniel K. Inouye Telescope snapped the photo of the roaring star late last ...

The northern lights may shine in the skies over Ohio this week as a pair of solar storms target the Earth. If the solar storm hits at that intensity, it could push the aurora into the northernmost ...

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 ...

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 ...