In 1859, the Carrington Event unleashed a solar storm so powerful it lit up the night sky like daytime and caused chaos ...

The next big solar storm could plunge the world into darkness, disrupting power grids, satellites, and communications on a massive scale. As solar activity increases toward its peak in 2025, experts ...

Solar storms pose a serious threat to power grids, satellites, and communications, yet predicting them has always been a ...

After receiving feedback from nearly 500 people about revising NOAA's Space Weather Scales, scientists continue to assess ...

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 ...

The May 2024 solar storm created two extra radiation belts, sandwiched between the two permanent Van Allen Belts. One of the new belts, shown in purple, included a population of protons, giving it ...

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Kristen Perrin In May 2024, our planet was hit by the largest solar storm in 20 years. GPS signals were disrupted, beautiful auroras glowed in the sky—and two ...

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

Then in August 1859, the aurora borealis appeared in unfamiliar ... February in the New Yorker magazine called “What a Major Solar Storm Could Do To Our Planet.” At the same time, telegraph ...