Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This year has given stargazers plenty of opportunities to catch the colorful auroras of the northern lights flicker across the ...

A Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)-led team has developed an improved model for predicting solar events that incorporates ...

Auroras filled much of the world’s skies for several nights in mid-May as a historic geomagnetic storm coursed 100 kilometers above our heads. Being able to see auroras so deep into the tropics was ...

A powerful solar eruption transformed the night sky over northern Sweden into a remarkable celestial scene, with Mars ...

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather and technology on Earth, NASA announced this week. A new research, ...

Auroras are luminous displays produced when charged particles from the solar wind interact with gases in Earth's upper atmosphere, especially oxygen and nitrogen. They are often green but can also ...

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For most of human history, our Sun’s occasional tantrums have been of little concern to those of us living on Earth’s surface ...

The ejection is associated with a moderate solar flare.

The colossal ball of hot gas at the center of our solar system will be lively for the next year, NASA said. The sun has reached its "solar maximum period," which is a state of heightened activity in ...

Images of the northern lights began trickling in on social media as night fell. Jordan Pegram, who wanted to cross off seeing the dancing lights from her bucket list, started driving west of Richmond ...

Once-rare displays of Northern Lights at southerly latitudes look set to continue for the foreseeable future as scientists confirmed that August saw the sun at its most active for 23 years. The sun's ...