As Earth’s orbit becomes increasingly crowded, we need more data on how space weather impacts their reentries, researchers ...

A “severe” solar storm is expected to reach Earth any time from late morning to Sunday evening Eastern time, according to ...

Today's tech-driven world faces an outsize risk from solar storms, with a 14,000-year-old solar storm setting our ...

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

Some 13,000 years ago, the sun emitted a huge belch of radiation that bombarded Earth and left its imprint in ancient tree rings. That solar storm was the most powerful one ever recorded. The next ...

A first-of its-kind space weather "tabletop" exercise has revealed major weaknesses in America's preparedness for severe ...

The outbursts this week may be signaling that the sun is ramping up its activity. Wednesday’s solar storm peaked around 4:25 a.m. ET, when the sun fired off a huge X-class flare, hurling streams ...

Solar storms can disrupt power grids, cause radio blackouts, and endanger nuclear facilities, with past events like the Carrington Event serving as stark reminders. Despite growing technological ...

Solar storms batter Earth every year, creating the occasional aurora and sometimes even paralyzing power grids. But these common phenomena pale in comparison to a monstrous event that inundated the ...

The most powerful solar particle storm known to date struck Earth in 12350 BC, according to a new study that sets a “new worst case scenario” for humanity from such colossal space weather events.

A surprise solar storm turned a NASA simulation into a real-world space weather crisis. As the Gannon geomagnetic storm ...

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