Every so often, the sun unleashes a burst of charged particles powerful enough to light up the sky far from the poles and ...

Three days before a solar storm arrived on May 10, 2024, they watched as a dark knot on the sun — tangled magnetic field lines spanning 124,000 miles — took aim at the planet. “That's magnets twisting ...

A 175-year-old mistake about a major solar storm has been uncovered, changing the timeline of space weather’s earliest ...

New solar telescope observations reveal swirling plasma movements on the Sun's surface. This phenomenon, known as ...

On November 11, 2025, the Sun unleashed a series of solar flares that struck Earth, triggering a severe geomagnetic storm that peaked for around six hours. The event triggered beautiful auroras across ...

At this time of year, aurora displays could be enhanced by a phenomenon known as equinox cracks.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration of solar wind streaming from a fuming Sun drives auroras bright enough to be seen far from the poles, a dazzling ...

The trail began with work by researcher Fusa Miyake on ancient Japanese cedars. Studying the wood from a long-lived tree on ...

A 16-minute train delay in Victorian England has helped scientists solve a 178-year-old mystery about one of the earliest ...

A geomagnetic storm is hitting Earth right now. NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center confirmed G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm conditions through Wednesday after fast solar wind from a large coronal ...

The new workweek, starting on September 21, will begin without any magnetic storms. Geomagnetic activity will remain calm, ...

Mild magnetic storms are expected over the next two days, September 19 and 20. They will have only a minor effect on atmospheric pressure, so most people will not experience headaches, fatigue, or ...