By: Katharine Gammon, OurAmazingPlanet Contributor Published: 05/15/2012 09:54 AM EDT on OurAmazingPlanet Get ready for some solar action. Earth...
Posted 05.11.2012
By: Tariq Malik Published: 05/11/2012 11:35 AM EDT on SPACE.com A huge sunspot that dwarfs the Earth is unleashing a series of powerful solar fl...
Posted 05.08.2012
By: Mike Wall Published: 05/08/2012 10:39 AM EDT on SPACE.com An enormous sunspot group has taken shape on the surface of the sun, hinting that ...
Posted 04.19.2012
By: Mike Wall Published: 04/18/2012 01:07 PM EDT on SPACE.com Humanity needs to be much better prepared for massive solar storms, which can wrea...
Posted 03.29.2012
By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 03/29/2012 09:58 AM EDT on SPACE.com A NASA spacecraft has captured video of a massive solar "tornado" fi...
Posted 03.21.2012
By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 03/20/2012 02:03 PM EDT on SPACE.com A new video captures the frenzied sounds of a sun storm, based on data recorde...
Posted 03.14.2012
By: Natalie Wolchover Published: 03/13/2012 05:28 PM EDT on Lifes Little Mysteries Telescope images captured of the sun on Monday (March 12) show ...
AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.09.2012
WASHINGTON — The solar storm that seemed to be more fizzle than fury got much stronger early Friday before fading again. At its peak, it was th...
Posted 03.08.2012
By: Denise Chow Published: 03/08/2012 01:06 PM EST on SPACE.com Strong radiation from one of the most intense solar storms in the past five year...
Posted 03.08.2012
Though the massive solar storm that hit earth late yesterday may cause satellite disruptions and power outages over the next 24 hours, the news isn't ...
AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.08.2012
WASHINGTON — Our high-tech world seems to have easily weathered a solar storm that didn't quite live up to its advance billing. While some expe...
Posted 03.08.2012
By: Denise Chow Published: 03/07/2012 06:16 PM EST on SPACE.com A massive solar storm may spark an intense northern lights display for skywatche...
Posted 03.08.2012
By: Denise Chow Published: 03/08/2012 01:52 AM EST on SPACE.com This story was updated at 6:58 a.m. EST. The biggest solar storm in five years ...
AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.08.2012
WASHINGTON -- One of the strongest solar storms in years engulfed Earth early Thursday, but scientists say the planet may have lucked out. Hours af...
Posted 03.07.2012
A solar flare that erupted Tuesday and will likely hit Earth as soon as Thursday could prove to be a nuisance for communications and electrical system...
Posted 03.06.2012
By: Denise Chow Published: 03/06/2012 07:28 AM EST on SPACE.com An active region on the sun that unleashed a powerful solar flare Sunday (March ...
Posted 03.01.2012
An aurora borealis may be beautiful, but can there be too much of a good thing? A new study published in the journal Space Weather analyzed the freque...
The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 01.30.2012
Solar storms like the massive one that's currently hitting Earth don't just give us great aurora imagery. UCLA researchers have published a paper in N...
Posted 01.28.2012
The solar storm that's now bombarding the Earth is being called the biggest since 2003, and we've got some astounding video to prove it. This foot...
Posted 02.14.2012
On Tuesday night, a solar storm created an impressive showing of the northern lights, dazzling residents of the world's northern latitudes. The par...
Posted 01.25.2012
UPDATE, 1/25: A Delta spokesman told Reuters that the flight re-routing has added roughly 15 minutes to flights. United confirmed it re-routed one...
AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 03.25.2012
By KARL RITTER and SETH BORENSTEIN, The Associated Press STOCKHOLM -- A storm from the broiling sun turned the chilly northernmost skies of Earth i...
AP | By SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 01.04.2012
WASHINGTON -- After years of quiet, the sun is coming alive with solar storms in a big way. The sun shot off a flare Thursday afternoon from a region...
Posted 10.18.2011
Too bright! This time-lapse footage captured Tuesday by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory shows a "coronal mass ejection" as it sparks between...
Posted 10.09.2011
A solar flare "rocked the sun" Tuesday morning. The solar flare, which began at 3:48 a.m. EDT, was the largest in four years, writes Space.com. Ac...
Posted 05.15.2012