At roughly midday on Monday, April 28, the lights went out in Spain. The grid blackout, which extended into parts of Portugal ...

A geomagnetic storm is a temporary disruption of Earth's magnetic field caused by a large burst of solar ... the grid, potentially triggering automatic safety systems to shut down parts of the ...

The power outage that severely disrupted life in Spain and Portugal on Monday is being blamed on two possible solar plant ...

It's unclear what caused the initial disruption or why it cascaded so dramatically into a widespread failure. But, notably, ...

"Decreasing the capacity to support this sector makes our nation less resilient and more vulnerable to space weather." ...

which the NOAA has marked down as a G3, the third highest of the five solar storm grades. Dr Skov said: "The key is the length of the G3. So guaranteed, the grid operators are paying close ...

Solar storms can bring more than colorful lights to Earth. When fast-moving particles and plasma slam into Earth’s magnetic field, they can temporarily disrupt the power grid. Space weather can also ...