Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists believe they may have resolved a 39-year-old mystery about the radiation belts ...

Solar flares and other activity can disrupt radio communications, power grids and navigation signals, according to NASA.

The Sun follows a 22-year magnetic cycle, with solar activity rising and peaking roughly every 11 years. But when conditions ...

Though it generated beautiful auroras around the world, the Gannon solar storm in 2024 was also a little dangerous.

Particularly active sunspots have been discovered on the surface of the sun. A solar storm could occur, which can be very ...

The quiet arrival offers another indication that the sun is moving into the declining phase of its 11-year cycle.

New balloon-mounted space radiation probes developed by the Surrey Space Center at the University of Surrey have captured ...

From major volcanic eruptions, to supercharged earthquakes to deadly wildfires and floods, Earth’s systems are going through ...

What happens when a planet with no magnetic field gets hit by a massive solar storm? In May 2024, an X class solar flare bombarded Mars, and NASA's robots recorded every terrifying second. This video ...

Within hours of detecting the flare, the UK Met Office and its counterpart in the Netherlands launched a sequence of weather ...

A sunspot, potentially generating multiple solar flares, may lead to auroras that could be visible as far south as Alabama.