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A powerful flare has unleashed a severe solar storm that could cause auroras and satellite disruptions on Earth.

A geomagnetic storm occurs when high-energy plasma and magnetic fields ejected from the sun interact with Earth's magnetic ...

Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of ...

On Earth, total solar eclipses are relatively rare celestial phenomena. Months often pass between them, and even then, astronomers and stargazers have to travel around the globe to witness them. For ...

(CNN) — A series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the sun have the potential to create dazzling auroras that may be seen as far south as Alabama and Northern California but also disrupt ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: joecicak/Getty Images Earth will complete a full rotation in slightly less time than ...

Earth Hour - the world's largest environmental movement - is returning for its 18th year and aims to create the biggest hour for Earth yet. On 23 March Earth Hour will focus on uniting people around ...

On those three days, just over a millisecond is expected to be shaved off the standard 24-hour day. Of course, you're unlikely to notice such a miniscule difference in your day. But scientists who ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Climate change is already causing all sorts ...