NASA’s PUNCH mission is mapping the solar wind and explosive solar events in 3D, offering new insights into space weather ...

An intense solar eruption recently triggered a rare "severe geomagnetic storm" alert for Earth, with the U.S. Naval Research ...

On Sunday and Monday, a widespread display of the northern lights will dance across parts of the U.S., including.

For D.C.-area aurora chasers are recommended to scan the northern horizon visually and with a smartphone/camera starting as ...

Aurora conditions may be strong enough over the next few nights that the northern lights could be seen visually and with ...

Last week, the sun spat out the strongest solar flare ... storm, now known as the Carrington Event, was caused by at least one, or possibly two, coronal mass ejections (CME).

The biggest problem, the participants realized, was the fact that, although a CME takes ... most energetic solar storm to take place in recorded history — the 1859 Carrington Event.

WE'RE DUE FOR ANOTHER CARRINGTON EVENT On September 1 ... A few hours later, on September 2, the most powerful solar storm ever recorded crashed into the Earth's atmosphere.

The aurora was a result of the most intense solar storm in recorded history, now called the Carrington Event. These solar ... when surges like that happen.” CME blast and subsequent impact ...