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, conducted by two NASA scientists and published earlier in ...

For two nights, dazzling auroras delighted sky-gazers in unexpected places, including in the US as far south as Florida. The cause: dual solar storms unleashed by the sun reaching Earth. A severe storm was initially predicted for Thursday as well, with the ...

Research conducted by an international team of astronomers from Southwest Research Institute, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences in India and the Max Planck Institute in Germany could help predict upcoming solar cycle activity.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A flurry of activity solar activity this week produced a severe solar storm, sparking northern lights as far south as Florida on Tuesday night- just days after the sun unleashed its ...

A second night of aurora borealis is expected across parts of the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. on Wednesday evening, following a vivid display on Tuesday that reached as far south as Alabama and New Mexico. The spectacle stems from a series of powerful solar ...

A massive solar storm has delayed the launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket for a second time. The rocket is scheduled to carry NASA's ESCAPADE twin satellites on a mission to Mars. The Space Weather Prediction Center issued a "severe" geomagnetic storm ...

NASA has issued a warning that the Sun is “waking up,” with solar activity increasing steadily after decades of decline. The agency’s latest research, led by Jamie Jasinski at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and published via the OMNIWeb Plus ...