Skywatchers across nine northern U.S. states have a rare chance to witness a dazzling display of the aurora borealis this ...

A severe solar storm can cause power blackouts, satellite communication failures, resulting in the shutdown of ...

Some 13,000 years ago, the sun emitted a huge belch of radiation that bombarded Earth and left its imprint in ancient tree rings. That solar storm was the most powerful one ever recorded. The next ...

A new report on the U.S.'s readiness in the face of threats from space has revealed concerns about our vulnerability to major ...

Scientists claim we’re not prepared for the solar storms threatening Earth, which could cause cataclysmic blackouts, grid breakdowns and even an “internet apocalypse,” according to a frightening ...

Today's tech-driven world faces an outsize risk from solar storms, with a 14,000-year-old solar storm setting our computerised world up for disaster. The event may cause catastrophic damage to ...

I think it is quite clear that space weather was not the cause of the dramatic power outage in Spain recently' ...

Ironically, the exercise last May was interrupted by a real scenario, when Earth was hit by the strongest solar storm in two decades ...

Scientits have described how a solar flare could have a devastating impact on the world's communications and what States ...

A solar flare is a burst of radiation on the sun, according to NASA. They are the most powerful explosions in the solar system, with the biggest ones having as much energy as a billion hydrogen bombs.

New spending restrictions for some federal agencies are creating extra hoops for scientists to jump through to fix earthquake ...

The world’s first-ever emergency drill testing preparedness for extreme space weather suggests humans are not ready to counter the threat posed by severe solar storms.