The recent solar storm that lit up the skies with breathtaking auroras didn't just create a vibrant spectacle; it also had tangible, down-to-earth impacts, especially for farmers. Solar storms occur ...

Confidence in an Earth-component to the most recent CME is high,” the National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – NASA and NOAA are launching a powerful new tool called the SWFO-L1 satellite, which stands for “Space Weather Follow-On at Lagrange Point 1,″ to help us better understand and prepare ...

For a long stretch of time, scientists were under the impression that our star was slowly entering hibernation. Known as the "deep solar minimum," this period started in the 1980s and ended in 2008.

In May 2024, part of the Sun exploded. The Sun is an immense ball of superheated gas called plasma. Because the plasma is conductive, magnetic fields loop out of the solar surface. Since different ...

Picture yourself standing under a torrential downpour. Every single raindrop slamming into your umbrella, your roof, the ...

The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center similarly upgraded its forecast from G3, meaning “strong,” to G4, indicating “severe” conditions, for Wednesday. Meanwhile, the British Geological Society says ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - An uptick in strong solar activity could create a severe solar storm, bringing the Northern Lights as far south as Alabama and northern California. The sun produced an X5.1 flare ...

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Solar panels are an increasingly efficient, cost-effective, and higher-power-density renewable-energy source, though most ...