A strong X-class solar flare that erupted on June 30, 2026, sent a coronal mass ejection hurtling toward Earth, and the ...

Although the northern lights likely won’t be visible on Sunday night, expected geomagnetic storms could make the aurora ...

Local weather alerts are familiar warnings for potentially dangerous conditions, but an alert that puts all of Earth on warning is rare. On May 31, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) ...

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A strong solar flare erupted from a sunspot facing Earth on June 30, causing radio blackouts across parts of North America.

Scientists say a train of CMEs could impact Earth's magnetic field Oct. 15–17, bringing a chance of northern lights across northern North America.

A coronal mass ejection could knock out power and disrupt communication on Earth Dan Falk | Science Correspondent A coronal mass ejection erupts from the sun in 2013. NASA In August of 1859, ...

A group of participants from several U.S. agencies took part in a first-of-its-kind exercise that tested their preparedness for a severe solar storm, revealing major cracks in scientists’ ability to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The aurora borealis glows in shades of green, pink, and ...

It's incredible to think that the sun, roughly 93 million miles away, can mess with our power grids here on Earth and paint our night skies with ribbons of green and red. But that's exactly what ...

An artist’s impression of an eruption from a large red star and its effect on a small planet near it: the small blue object with a faint, wispy trail, indicating its atmosphere being blown off. (Olena ...