WE'RE DUE FOR ANOTHER CARRINGTON EVENT On September 1, 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington was observing a huge sunspot.

Solar storms pose a real threat to today’s technology. Even smaller ones can disrupt satellites, power grids and GPS systems.

What was the 1859 Carrington Event? As a massive solar flare, this event disrupted global telegraph systems and caused ...

Led by NOAA, the exercise brought together multiple federal agencies to simulate the fallout from a powerful solar superstorm. The drill assessed how government bodies would coordinate a response, ...

including the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), conducted a first-of-its-kind exercise to better understand human preparedness against an impending solar superstorm.

Several US agencies, including the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), conducted a first-of-its-kind exercise to better understand human preparedness against an impending solar ...

First Solar, other solar stocks climb after House proposal hit the ‘more bullish end of investor expectations’ But the proposal is not encouraging for the nuclear industry and EV makers ...

Scientists found that rare ionospheric clouds called sporadic E layers surged globally during a recent solar storm, offering new insight into space weather’s overlooked impacts. Credit: NASA’s ...