Solar Storm

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The northern lights fill the sky with green ribbons of electrical charged particles over the barn and pastures at Greaney's Turkey Farm in Mercer, Maine on May 11, 2024. (Image credit: Michael Seamans/Getty Images) I'll never forget the night of May 10, 2024. I remember having dinner with a friend…

Felicity Bradstock Felicity Bradstock is a freelance writer specialising in Energy and Finance. She has a Master’s in International Development from the University of Birmingham, UK. More Info Premium Content By Felicity Bradstock - May 09, 2025, 11:00 AM CDT Solar storms can disrupt power grids, cause radio blackouts, and…

Artist's illustration of a superstorm erupting from the sun. (Image credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Genna Duberstein) A first-of its-kind space weather "tabletop" exercise has revealed major weaknesses in America's preparedness for severe solar storms. In May 2024, participants representing local and national government agencies gathered at the Johns Hopkins…

An image captured by the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii shows sunspots on the star's surface. VTF/KIS/NSF/NSO/AURA/The National Solar Observatory (NSO) hide caption toggle caption VTF/KIS/NSF/NSO/AURA/The National Solar Observatory (NSO) The most powerful solar telescope in the world has recorded a major milestone atop an active volcano in…

About 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have survived increased solar radiation caused by a weakening magnetic field by using sunscreen-like ochre, tailored clothing, and caves. Neanderthals, lacking these technologies, likely faced greater exposure and disappeared around the same time. Ancient Homo sapiens may have survived a spike in solar…

We're in solar storm season. That's because 2025 is the peak of the sun's 11-year cycle of activity. Electrically charged particles fly from our neighborhood star into Earth's magnetosphere, where a powerful magnetic field surrounds our planet. From there, many things can happen – auroras, and even electrical shorts in…

SPHEREx, NASA’s latest astrophysics observatory, has launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket alongside PUNCH, a mission studying solar wind. SPHEREx will create a 3D map of the universe, helping to uncover cosmic history and the building blocks of life. Its observations will complement those of telescopes like Hubble and Webb...Read…

Solar storms sound intense but aren't as scary (for Earth) as you might think. Javier Zayas Photography / Getty Images In 1859, the Carrington Event was the most intense global solar storm ever recorded. The effects were felt all over the Earth. Telegraph systems in Europe and North America lost…

An Incoming solar storm could strike Earth tonight, triggering geomagnetic storm conditions and northern lights as far south as New York and Idaho. (Image credit: Alan Perlman / 500px via Getty Images) Heads up aurora chasers! We could be in for a treat tonight. A coronal mass ejection (CME) from…