Six extreme solar storms have struck Earth in the past 14,500 years. They’re known as “Miyake” events after Fusa Miyake, a Japanese physicist, who in 2012 described that extreme solar events ...

The powerful solar storm that hit Earth a couple of months ago could beautiful aurorae across the sky – but could be a hint at a dangerous future, researchers have said. In May, the Earth was ...

However, this technology-dependent agriculture is highly vulnerable to strong solar storms. "If it just happens at the wrong time, in the wrong season, if it holds everything up by three or four days.

The NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center says a solar storm could bring the Northern Lights to the Lower Hudson Valley on New Year's Eve. But with a high chance of rain in the evening ...

A powerful solar storm due to hit the Earth on Tuesday could spark brilliant auroras. Auroras could be seen as far south as Wyoming, Wisconsin, and New York. Expect to see more auroras in coming ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 a burst of plasma Sunday that’s ...

Powerful geomagnetic storms are becoming more common now that the sun has reached solar maximum, which happens when our star's poles flip, causing havoc with magnetic fields at the solar surface.