What makes one solar outburst a global headline while another barely registers on the ground? The contrast may not be in the brightness of the flare itself, but in the invisible geometry of the magnetic field that follows along.

A rare and intense energy flare from the sun has reached our planet, leading to what scientists say is the most violent solar radiation storm in the p.

An X-class solar flare has produced an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, increasing solar activity and raising the likelihood of geomagnetic impacts within 24 hours.

The sun sure has woken up this week, unleashing a powerful X-class solar flare on Jan. 18 that hurled a colossal, fast-moving coronal mass ejection (CME) directly toward Earth. That CME has now arrived, triggering severe (G4) geomagnetic storm conditions far earlier than initially forecast.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its weather and climate analysis of 2025 for the United States and the globe. Once again, with the annual breakdown, the stats are eye-opening.