A rare blast from the sun has just pushed radiation in Earth’s atmosphere to levels not seen in nearly two decades, briefly turning the sky itself into a harsher place for high‑altitude flyers and ...

Scientists have proposed a surprising connection between solar flares and earthquakes. When solar activity disturbs the ...

Researchers say a deadly earthquake in Japan and 2023’s most powerful solar flare occurring back-to-back can’t be a ...

The Sun has just unleashed an M5-class solar flare, a powerful burst of radiation that signals a clear uptick in solar activity as the current cycle heads toward its peak. While this event is not the ...

Solar Cycle 25 has reached its most active phase, bringing stronger solar flares and geomagnetic storms that may affect Earth’s technology.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A flurry of activity solar activity this week produced a severe solar storm, sparking northern lights as far south as Florida on ...

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The sun is not a static, tranquil sphere of gas, but an active, turbulent star with magnetic fields that twist and snap in powerful eruptions. Among the most striking and energetic of these eruptions ...

New research by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the National Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric ...