A patch of turmoil on the Sun can feel far away, until it reaches into your daily life. In 2024, one solar region became so ...

In May 2024, an epic solar storm rattled Earth so powerfully that its effects were felt even at the bottom of the ocean. In the wake of a torrent of flare activity on the Sun, our planet was buffeted ...

Scientists tracked active solar region NOAA 13664 for 94 days, showing how persistent magnetic complexity drives flares and ...

NASA's new CMEx mission will measure the Sun's chromosphere magnetism, the origin of solar storms, hoping to improve solar ...

Earth’s sun emitted the strongest solar radiation storm in seven years, the National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Center announced. For the first time since September 2017, Earth was ...

In May 2024, a powerful solar storm sent a surge of charged particles toward Earth, leading to an extraordinary discovery: a never-before-seen radiation belt now circles our planet. This unexpected ...

A very small instrument has a big job ahead of it: measuring all Earth-directed energy coming from the Sun and helping scientists understand how that energy influences our planet’s severe weather, ...

Space weather observers warn that the Van Allen radiation belts are now fully charged after repeated solar storms, raising ...

A solar storm that has been roiling in the Earth's atmosphere for three days has led to a polar cap absorption event (PCA), wiping out radio communications near the North and South poles. The storm ...

The October 2024 storm originated from such a massive solar ejection, propelling solar material across space to collide with ...