Solar Storm

Space Suzie Imber is a co-investigator for the BepiColombo mission, currently on its way to Mercury. She explains how it will cast new light on the planet's many oddities, from its massive core to its epic solar storms By Jonathan O’Callaghan Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit…

The Northern Lights - or Aurora Borealis - happen when solar storms collide with the earth's magnetic field, and the spectacular aerial display could be seen over several UK regions this New Year's Eve The RAF F-35 Lightning Jet under the Northern Lights ( Image: AS1 Amber Mayall/RAF / SWNS)…

Science Space How to See the Northern Lights on New Year’s Eve December 31, 2024 10:17 AM EST NEW YORK — There's a chance solar storms may bring northern lights to several northern U.S states just in time for the new year. The sun expelled two bursts of plasma that…

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The Perseid meteor shower rains “shooting stars” over Stonehenge. (Image credit: Josh Dury) You didn't need a telescope to appreciate the cosmos in 2024. With stunning global auroras , prolific meteor showers and a total solar eclipse witnessed by tens of millions of people, space came to Earth in style…

(Image credit: Javier Zayas Photography/Getty Images) The sun has been in full force in 2024 thanks to the start of solar maximum . The explosive peak of the sun's roughly 11-year solar cycle officially arrived this year after months of speculation . As a result, sunspots have constantly littered the…

During major geomagnetic storms in May and October, farmers across the U.S. noticed that some of their GPS-dependant machines were malfunctioning and "dancing" from side to side. (Image credit: Getty Images) As millions of people across the U.S. recently looked up to the skies to witness widespread auroras dancing overhead,…

If superflares are akin to celestial temper tantrums, then our Sun might get angry more often than previously thought, according to a report in the journal Science . A superflare, defined as a solar storm that releases over one octillion joules of energy within a short time, manifests itself in…

When the sun's fury disrupts high-tech farming, precision turns to chaos. (Image credit: Tlillico via Getty Images/video converted to GIF.) Modern-day farming is a high-tech operation highly dependent on GPS-guided tractors revolutionizing the way crops are planted, fertilized and harvested. But on May 10, 2024, that system came under attack,…

The Summary The recent flurry of solar storms suggests the sun is in a period of maximal activity as part of its 11-year cycle. The active period is likely to continue over the next year, so more auroras could be in store. Next month, NASA will get an up-close view…