The sun supports all life on Earth. But its 'solar tsunamis' threaten our electricity infrastructure. Discover how New Zealand is preparing for extreme solar storms ...

A strong geomagnetic storm in spring 2024 brought the northern lights unusually far south, as the auroral oval expanded well beyond its typical position. "I am surprised at how sparse the measurement ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe CRISTAL-02 and discovered a galaxy-killing wind.

For decades, astronomers have been scanning the sky for radio signals from other planets. So far, no message has been ...

A cluster of space weather satellites blasted off Wednesday morning to cast fresh eyes on solar storms that can produce stunning auroras but also scramble communications and threaten astronauts in ...

Lynker Space, now a global leader in space weather forecasting, announced today a new capability for predicting and mitigating space weather threats to numerous industries and critical services.

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A team at the Applied Physics Lab is working to understand the complex science behind predicting invisible threats that can ...

NASA has selected the DAPHNE mission to study how Earth's atmosphere influences space weather and improve forecasts that affect GPS, satellites, and astronauts. The twin-satellite mission will gather ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – as seen in the bright flash on the left side of the image – on Jan. 9, 2023. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet ...