Researchers at Kerala University have unearthed vital historical data that sheds new light on the 1859 Carrington Event, one of most intense geomagnetic storms.

Our Sun constantly froths with sunspots and solar flares, many larger than our planet, and yet these are dwarfed by Coronal Mass Ejections, such as the Carrington Event of 1859, which would have wiped ...

Ken Springer Contributing Writer “What’s a map, Dad?” A Cartographer’s Nightmare I’ve never actually heard a youngster say ...

An M3-class solar flare that lasted about 3 hours created a massive coronal mass ejection. The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured the fireworks ...

Sunspot region 4114 has unleashed its most powerful solar flare yet — an X1.9 class that erupted late June 19, triggering ...

Another X-class solar flare triggers US communication blackouts as the sun continues to emit intense solar flares during the solar maximum.

Large parts of the United States faced a radio blackout on Thursday following a strong solar flare from the sun. The "extreme ultraviolet flash" was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory ...

Princeton physics experiment aims to shed light on disruptive solar flares The multimillion-dollar experiment that was years in the making comes as the federal government makes broad cuts to science ...

Sharpest-ever solar view shows tiny stripes driving big space storms NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captures sharpest-ever view of the solar surface to reveal our finest look at narrow ...

An astrophotographer has captured an extremely rare and "difficult" photo of a solar flare exploding from the sun at the exact moment the International Space Station passed directly in front of our ...

As if to prove the difficulty of preparing for the unforeseen, the organizer of a recent prepper convention wasn’t ready for ...