When the sky lights up in ribbons of green and red, it’s not just a pretty sight; it’s Earth reacting to a solar outburst. NASA has confirmed that the planet is currently facing the strongest ...

The powerful geomagnetic storm that sparked beautiful auroras across the world in May of 2024 was the first to receive a name — and its namesake is a space weather scientist who NASA scientists say ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of the Sun on May 7, 2024, in extreme ultraviolet light (at a wavelength of 304 Ångstroms). At center, the active region that instigated the ...

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10 May 2024, Brandenburg, Falkenhagen: Light green and slightly reddish auroras glow in the night sky in the district of Märkisch-Oderland in East Brandenburg. The northern lights (aurora borealis) ...

Geomagnetic storms are capable of sparking beautiful displays of the Northern Lights across our night sky. However, there is a potential danger behind that beauty, especially now, with solar activity ...

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The solar maximum may be over, but the sun has still been busy with activity. A powerful solar eruption is expected to hit Earth soon, according to a forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

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One year ago, representatives from NASA and about 30 other U.S. government agencies gathered for a special meeting to simulate and address a threat looming in space. The threat was not an asteroid or ...