After last week's explosive X-flare, sunspot AR4046 is at it again! Could this latest eruption bring stormy space weather to ...
Near real-time preliminary data from NOAA's first Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), a powerful solar telescope onboard the ...
If using a regular camera, National Geographic recommends using a wide-angle lens, an aperture or F-stop of four or less and ...
Solar flares are classified based on their strength and fall into five designated categories: A, B, C, M and X. An X-class solar flare is the most intense type of solar flare and can produce as ...
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A powerful X1.1-class solar flare was released by the sun on March 28, resulting in radio blackouts across North and South ...
Auroras are possible over the U.S. tonight (March 25) as a "moderate" geomagnetic storm hits Earth. UPDATE: The Northern ...
Aurora chasers are on high alert for geomagnetic storm conditions overnight with northern lights possible at mid-latitudes.
According to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center, a fast, energetic flow of solar particles is about to sweep past Earth.
A 2014 satellite image captured a rare glimpse of a massive, eerily circular ring of clouds that formed slap-bang in the ...
A period of peak magnetic storms on the sun could lead to another show of northern lights on Earth on Saturday and Sunday, ...