That storm is ... eruption of solar particles and magnetic fields. And that CME is directed toward Earth, and is expected to trigger a powerful geomagnetic storm when it hits us.

The stronger the solar storm, the farther south the northern lights can be seen. A "severe" solar storm has made the northern lights visible in the U.S. much farther south than usual, bringing a ...

The federal government released the results of a multiday emergency drill intended to assess our ability to handle the next massive solar storm. Unfortunately, it sounds like there’s a lot of ...

A plume of solar plasma flung out from the surface of ... it's expected to trigger a G3 geomagnetic storm, possibly causing auroras to be seen across the northern U.S. This strong geomagnetic ...

A massive solar storm is heading toward Earth ... along with some power degradation in the eastern US. NASA warned that more is to come, saying the bursts could continue to impact 'radio ...

Despite the threat the solar storm poses to satellites, GPS signals and power grids, the storm watch is good news for aurora chasers: Because of the way the solar particles interact with Earth's ...

to learn how ready they were for a major solar storm. Results of the unique exercise they conducted have recently been released in a new report. The exercise, which lasted two days, had the ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ... The most powerful solar particle storm known to date struck Earth in 12350 BC, according to a new study that sets a “new ...

That storm is likely to be in the ... truth reports on social media. "You need us to be ready to roll and monitor our web page, that real-time solar wind in particular," Dahl said.

An active region at the edge of the Sun blew out an X4 flare (one of the largest of the solar cycle) and a coronal mass ejection on Feb. 25, 2014. 31,228 people played the daily Crossword recently.