GPS positions were off by up to 230 feet during the Gannon Solar Storm in May 2024 in a disruption that lasted for up to two ...

Discover the ancient solar storm that outpowered the 775 CE event, revealing new insights into Earth's climatic history and potential future impacts.

A solar storm is projected to impact Earth this Saturday, potentially bringing with it a dazzling celestial light show – and a few crucial questions about our increasingly connected world. While the ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) upgraded its geomagnetic storm watch for June 25 and 26, and as ...

As Florida heads into what forecasters warn could be an exceptionally active hurricane season, solar energy is gaining ...

A strong solar storm is currently impacting Earth. The event, triggered by a major solar flare, may cause widespread auroras. Satellite and GPS interference are possible. Power grid instability is ...

The sun remains active, and a geomagnetic storm alert has been issued for June 24-25, as a recurrent, negative polarity ...

Space weather can also interfere with air traffic control radio and satellites in orbit. In 1859, a severe solar storm triggered auroras as far south as Hawaii and caught telegraph lines on fire in a ...

Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth’s atmosphere to ...

The Sun’s outer atmosphere—the corona—only reveals itself during total solar eclipses, which happen about every 18 months on ...

Solar storms have the potential to cause catastrophic damage. One that occurred around the end of October 2003 (now called the 2003 Halloween Storm) caused an estimated $27B in damages. That ...

The interior of the sun is threaded with huge ropes and tubes of magnetic fields, loaded with very hot plasma—gas so hot its ...