Aspiring viewers of the Northern Lights are encouraged to go as far north as possible, away from light pollution, and face ...

As the sun’s cycle continues to peak, it’s likely that more harsh solar flares than this will be released. According to the Space Weather Prediction Center, the flare peaked at 1702 UTC on ...

As the sun geared up to spit a powerful solar flare into space ... important for understanding flares and may improve our ability to predict dangerous space weather." There was also some ...

Solar weather events like solar flares or coronal mass ejections are responsible for the northern lights displays. The electrons from coronal mass ejections—a bubble of plasma that bursts from ...

A powerful X-class solar flare hit Earth yesterday ... Indonesia (colored regions in map). Although short-lived, expect more activity from this region!" space weather physicist Tamitha Skov ...

Flickering, invisible “loops” in the sun’s atmosphere appear to warn of larger solar flares to come, a new analysis finds. The discovery could help scientists better predict space weather ...