How a giant sunspot unleashed solar storms that spawned global auroras that dazzled us all
by 2024 has been a great year for amazing space shows, some of which can be seen from our own backyard. First, it was the total …
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Amazing photos show the northern lights around the world
A series of powerful solar storms colored skies across the Northern Hemisphere this weekend, as people saw spectacular displays of it the northern lights in …
A widespread solar storm has hit spacecraft near the sun, Earth and even Mars
A bright mass is erupting from a red circle. Space weather may seem like a story from a galaxy far, far away – but when …
A major solar storm could knock out the power grid and the internet – an electrical engineer explains how
On September 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. Telegraph operators reported experiencing electric shocks, telegraph paper catching fire, and being …
A major solar storm could knock out the power grid and the internet – an electrical engineer explains how
On September 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. Telegraph operators reported experiencing electric shocks, telegraph paper catching fire, and being …
Space weather is chaotic and difficult to predict. That new model could change that
Scientists are building a digital space model of Earth to improve the forecasting of solar storms and their effects on infrastructure. Almost seven decades into …