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

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 ...

Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, and even pose risks to spacecraft and ...

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

Aurora conditions may be strong enough over the next few nights that the northern lights could be seen visually and with cameras. Here’s when to look up and gaze at the sky.

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

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

A large sunspot has just reappeared on the sun's Earth-facing surface, almost two months after it first emerged. The ...

In a bizarre prediction that’s got the internet buzzing like an overloaded circuit board, AI has predicted a global blackout ...