The sun is reaching a solar maximum. Here's what that could mean for Iowa and our chances to see the aurora borealis, known ...
Aspiring viewers of the Northern Lights are encouraged to go as far north as possible, away from light pollution, and face ...
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The Northern Lights may be visible from parts of the UK this week. The Met Office stated yesterday that the aurora borealis ...
Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an X1.1-class solar flare in multiple wavelengths. See time-lapse footage of the blast that caused "a strong shortwave radio blackout over South America," ...
After losing his Pacific Palisades neighborhood in the fires that swept through Los Angeles in January, Kent Tobiska, the CEO and chief scientist at Space Environment Technologies, is ...
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Introduction to Solar Flares Solar flares are spectacular, yet potentially dangerous, eruptions of energy from the Sun's ...
In a pioneering approach to achieve fusion energy, the SMART device has successfully generated its first tokamak plasma ... field as it traveled into the solar system. They found that the sharply ...
Feb. 7, 2025 — An expert in energy technologies uses AI tools to investigate the impact of extreme weather on solar-powered and electrified homes and uncover their unique vulnerabilities and ...