August saw an average of 215.5 sunspots, the first time the average monthly sunspot number has been greater than 200 since ...

Bill Gates spends a lot of his time and money trying to help solve some of the world's biggest problems, from climate change ...

The NASA/ESA Solar & Heliospheric Observatory captured a 'butterfly-shaped' coronal mass ejection erupt from the sun on March ...

There are now three different coronal mass ejections (CMEs) heading toward our planet, which could mean increased opportunities this weekend to see the aurora across the northern U.S. and Europe.

Ever since the beginning of the Space Age, the inner planets and the Earth-Moon system have received the lion’s share of attention. That makes sense; it’s a whole lot easier to get to the Moon ...

A coronal mass ejection (CME) flung out from the sun's surface triggered a G3 geomagnetic storm on Sunday night, and two more may be about to hit the Earth, causing G1 or G2 storms. This could ...

On September 1, a significant explosion occurred behind the Sun’s southeastern limb, launching a massive coronal mass ...

Millions of people saw the spectacular aurorae in May, when multiple coronal mass ejections hit our planet in the largest geomagnetic storm in decades. Tonight it looks like we might have a ...

As space agencies and private companies look toward sending human crews to Mars, they'll have to find ways to mitigate the ...

Parts of the UK may get a display of the Northern Lights this week as an ejection of material from the Sun gives a 'glancing ...

As these charged particles collide with Earth's magnetosphere, they can create dazzling displays of light in the sky, known ...

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