New ESA simulations suggest that a solar storm on par with the 1859 Carrington Event could wreak havoc on Earth-orbiting ...

Another round of colorful auroras will shimmer across 14 states as geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted for tonight, Oct. 28. Here's how and when to watch the northern lights.

Plasma ejections from young stars may offer valuable insights into the Sun’s early history. Most of the time, we hardly notice it from Earth, but the Sun is constantly hurling vast clouds of charged ...

The Carrington Event, as it was later called, revealed that the Sun’s environment could violently change. It also suggested that emerging technologies, such as the electrical telegraph, were beginning ...

The study of young stars like EK Draconis has offered fresh insights into the violent activity of our Sun in its youth. By ...

Simulation in preparation for Sentinel-1D shows that satellites would be destroyed when faced with a super solar storm.

‘Solar Flare’ is a weekly playlist column where Sun contributors spotlight a slice of musical taste with the campus community ...

Threats from space aren't always obvious, but statistically, it's only a matter of time before one of them happens. One of ...

No communication or navigation, faulty electronics and collision risk. At ESA's mission control in Darmstadt, teams faced a ...

The sun is a dynamic part of our solar system, and it throws plasma and radiation out into space regularly. But not all of ...

‘Solar Flare’ is a weekly playlist column where Sun contributors spotlight a slice of musical taste with the campus community. It runs every Monday. Rafaella Gonzalez is a senior in the College of ...