The sun unleashed two colossal solar flares within seven hours of each other this week, triggering radio blackouts across ...

Scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft have uncovered evidence that lightning on Jupiter can be vastly more ...

Scientists chasing thunderstorms in a retrofitted minivan finally captured something never seen before in nature: faint ...

History is full of moments where catastrophe almost consumed everything '€” and humanity barely escaped. Join us as we count ...

Space weather refers to the influence of solar activity on the Earth and the near-Earth environment. Solar flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and solar energetic particles can disrupt satellite ...

For three nights straight in the winter of 1204, red and white stripes stretched across the northern and northeastern horizon in the night sky over Kyoto. This observation was recorded in part by a ...

Space travel is, of course, an inherently dangerous undertaking. In addition to concerns about equipment malfunctions and the risks of manufacturing an Earth-like environment in the vacuum of space, ...

An astrophysics expert gave a free presentation at Cal Poly Wednesday and unveiled new images of solar storms. The university held the presentation on solar storms, solar wind and their impact here on ...

During the Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, NASA will test out a pair of new solar radiation forecasts, developed at University of Michigan Engineering, designed to protect astronauts venturing ...

Every mission to deep space is fraught with danger. A hardware failure during launch, an equipment malfunction far from Earth, or a small space rock hitting the vehicle are all scenarios astronauts ...

When the surface of the Sun exploded with activity in May 2024, Earth was hit by the biggest solar storm in more than two decades. The video shown below—made from images captured by NASA’s Solar ...