Northern lights occur when a solar flare interacts with Earth's atmosphere.

A volatile region on the Sun has just fired off a monster solar flare, followed by a blast of charged particles that ...

The flares are coming from a solar region that was created in late January.

The Sun has hurled a rare sequence of three major eruptions toward Earth, a triple blast that is now driving the most intense ...

A solar radiation storm stronger than one we've seen in over two decades is in progress, the Space Weather Prediction Center announced Monday.

Sun solar flares disrupted parts of Earth this week after a highly active sunspot unleashed the strongest eruptions seen so ...

Multiple M-class and X-class solar flares erupted within 24 hours as an active sunspot released intense radiation affecting ...

The Space Weather Follow On — Lagrange 1 executed its final engine burn Jan. 23 to reach its destination roughly 1.6 million ...

Jacksonville, Fla – A new study is shedding light—literally—on how bursts of solar energy might shape the short-term weather on distant planets, and it’s turning heads back here on our own world too.

Earth just experienced a rare S4 solar radiation storm, the most intense since 2003 — powerful for satellites and astronauts, ...

At times, the sun ejects energetic material into space, which can have consequences for space-based and even ground-based electronic technology. Researchers aim to understand this phenomenon and find ...