A massive solar storm knocking out electricity for months—or even years—sounds like science fiction, but it’s a looming ...

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

Space weather forecasters say northern lights may be visible in parts of the northern United States following weekend solar ...

A study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters has uncovered evidence of an extreme ancient solar storm ...

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

Scientists have uncovered the most powerful solar storm ever, resetting what we know about space weather limits.

The predicted "view line," or the southernmost spot where skygazers might still be able to view the northern lights, also ...

A recent forecast by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that several northern states may see the ...

we see as northern lights. Two massive solar storms appearing four days apart in the late summer of 1859 gave “the week the sun touched the earth” its name. The first one reached here Aug. 28 ...

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

Scientists have identified the most powerful solar storm ever recorded, an extreme event that struck Earth around 12,350 BC, ...

Forecasters of space weather keep an eye on the sun to stay ahead of eruptions of solar material that have the ability to shut down power grids on Earth, disrupt aircraft routes, global communications ...