A new solar storm is approaching. In 2025 there were several, but they did not have serious consequences. Now, the US ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed that solar flares can reach astonishing temperatures of 108 million degrees Fahrenheit (60 million°C), nearly six times hotter than earlier estimates. This ...

NASA scientists are warning that the Sun’s internal engine is behaving in ways they have not seen in years, pointing to an ...

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Normally only visible much closer to the north pole, the Northern Lights have been seen as far south as New Mexico in recent years. These beautiful light shows are caused by ...

Update 10:30 a.m. 5/11/2024: At 8:40 EDT this morning, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center officially declared that the ongoing solar flare activity ...

The most powerful solar flare of 2025 has launched a ball of energy toward Earth that could trigger widespread auroras across the United States tonight. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

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 ...

This was the view as a multi-colored curtain of aurora formed to the south in my sky during the great display of Northern Lights on May 10, 2024. The Kp Index peaked at 8 this night bringing the ...

A new study led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) links quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) in solar flares to dynamic oscillations in magnetic reconnection, a phenomenon that can drive space ...

After a day that saw the sun release strong solar flares, the Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a strong geomagnetic storm watch for the planet. Over the last 24 hours the sun has released ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A spot on the sun 10 times larger than Earth has been seen ...