The sun has somewhat surprised forecasters today with a dramatic X-class solar flare from a newly emerging sunspot region.

X is the most powerful class of solar flare. The number following it represents the strength, however, and 1.1 is relatively ...

Saturday night’s northern lights display follows “strong” radio blackouts on Friday, an event that NOAA said briefly ...

Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling the sun 's closest space neighbor, Proxima ...

An unexpected X-class solar flare from a new sunspot region caused widespread radio blackouts across the Americas today ...

Some U.S. states could be treated with a northern lights display due a minor geomagnetic storm on the sun, according to space ...

Study shows that deep learning predicts TEC variations in the ionosphere, minimizing failures in satellite signals during ...

Even if the specific monthly peak of the cycle has passed, it doesn't mean solar activity is over. Strong solar activity ...

At a distance of just over four light years, Proxima Centauri is our nearest stellar neighbor and is known to be a very ...

For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares—intense bursts of light on the sun that can send a flurry of charged particles into the solar system. Now ...

Solar flares, the immense bursts of radiation from the sun, have long fascinated scientists and enthusiasts alike. But beyond ...

If using a regular camera, photography experts told National Geographic to use wide-angle lenses, an aperture or F-stop of ...