Latest about space weather
Powerful sun storm knocks out radio transmissions across North America
A powerful solar flare disrupted radio and navigation signals across North America on Monday and prompted space weather forecasters to issue warnings because of energetic particles hitting Earth.
1st solar eruption to simultaneously impact Earth, moon and Mars shows dangers of space radiation
In 2021, a coronal mass ejection that erupted from the sun was seen across a staggering range of 155 million miles. It spit energetic particles toward Mars, the Earth and the moon.
Space weather forecasts to get a boost from new probe on the International Space Station
A new space weather sensor is heading to the International Space Station to help scientists understand how the sun's outbursts alter Earth's upper atmosphere.
China begins trial operations with world's largest solar telescope array
The world's largest array of sun-monitoring radio telescopes has begun trial operations in southwest China.
Auroras across the solar system are powered in the same way, Mercury results suggest
The way in which the radiant displays of colors in the sky known as auroras form on Earth may be how these lights arise throughout the solar system, according to new findings from Mercury.
'Cannibal' coronal mass ejection that devoured 'dark eruption' from sun will smash into Earth on July 18
Two coronal mass ejections have combined into an enormous cloud of magnetized plasma that is forecast to hit Earth on Tuesday and potentially trigger a strong geomagnetic storm.
Stunning solar tornado swings into space above the glowing sun (video)
A new video shows off the sun's incredible power. A 'solar tornado' erupted from the surface in April, and you can watch it in 4K resolution.
A 'double punch' of solar storms could smash into Earth and spark widespread auroras this week
As the U.S. celebrated July 4, the sun hosted its own fireworks display in the form of a coronal mass ejection "double punch" that NASA predicts could strike Earth on Friday (July 7).
