Solar Storm

Experts are claiming that the Sun is going to hit the peak of its latest Solar Cycle in 2025, and a solar storm will be heading Earth's way as a result There are warnings of a solar storm in 2025 (Image: NASA/SDO) A huge solar storm is on its way…

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FILE - An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is seen in the night sky in the early morning hours of Monday, April 24, 2023, near Washtucna, Wash. A solar storm forecast for Thursday, July 13, is expected to give skygazers in more than a dozen American states…

A solar storm forecast for Thursday is expected to give skygazers in 17 American states a chance to glimpse the Northern Lights, the colorful sky show that happens when solar wind hits the atmosphere. Northern Lights, also known as aurora borealis, are most often seen in Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia,…

Home News Science & Astronomy An artist's rendering of the sun. (Image credit: DrPixel/Getty Images) Despite what many headlines have been saying, there's no internet apocalypse on the horizon. Worries about such a months-long catastrophe began brewing on social media platforms not long after a 2021 study titled "Solar Superstorms:…

A solar eruptive prominence as seen in extreme UV light on March 30, 2010. Credits: NASA/SDO Two solar storms, or coronal mass ejections (CMEs), are partly directed at Earth and will reach the -planet on Friday. According to EarthSky.org, sunspot AR3354 left with a final hurrah: an M1.0 flare. The blast occurred late…

Home News Science & Astronomy An illustration shows the sun as it throws out a coronal mass ejection that can contain millions of tons of stellar material. (Image credit: NASA) While the U.S. celebrated Independence Day on July 4, the sun held its own, more powerful firework display. The stellar…

Home News Science & Astronomy In June 2023, the sun's face has broken out with the highest number of sunspots in more than two decades. (Image credit: NASA/SDO/Met Office) The sun produced over 160 sunspots in June, the highest monthly number in more than two decades. The data confirm that…

Richard Carrington's sketch of a 'monster' sunspot in 1859 imposed onto a real image of the sun taken by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory (Image credit: Richard Carrington/ NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory/ SpaceWeather.com) On Sept. 1, 1859, British astronomer Richard Carrington was investigating a strange cluster of dark blobs in the…

Home News Science & Astronomy A vibrant aurora display during a geomagnetic storm. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Earth's thermosphere recently hit a near 20-year temperature peak after soaking up energy from geomagnetic storms that bashed Earth this year. The temperature in the second-highest layer of the atmosphere will likely continue to climb over…