Would-be stargazers in several northern states should keep there eyes on the sky Wednesday night, as geomagnetic storms are ...

Northern New England might catch a glimpse of the northern lights on June 24 and June 25, according to the NOAA Space Weather ...

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 ...

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on June 19, peaking at 7:50 p.m. ET. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image ...

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 ...

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 ...

A groundbreaking study reveals evidence of a colossal solar storm that struck Earth over 14,000 years ago, dwarfing the infamous Carrington Event. Researchers identified a dramatic carbon-14 spike ...

The solar event was named after Richard Carrington, and it remains the most intense geomagnetic storm ever recorded. On September 1, 1859, Richard Carrington, an English amateur astronomer, witnessed ...

Two massive solar storms appearing four days apart in the late summer of 1859 gave “the week the sun touched the earth” its name. The first one reached here Aug. 28, and the second one Sept. 1.

That solar storm was the most powerful one ever recorded. The next strongest was the 1859 Carrington Event. It was spurred by a huge solar flare that triggered a powerful geomagnetic storm on Earth.

Forecasters of space weather keep an eye on the sun to stay ahead of eruptions of solar material that have the ability to shut down power grids on Earth, disrupt aircraft routes, global communications ...