A NOAA forecast has Northern Lights visible in northern U.S. states overnight on Monday, Jan. 19 through Tuesday, Jan. 20, as ...

During a close approach to the Sun, the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter watched that tipping point unfold in unusually ...

Aurora alert! The colossal solar storm could impact and trigger impressive northern lights.

A powerful flare unleashed a severe solar storm that caused auroras and GPS disruptions on Earth.

The planet is experiencing the most powerful solar event since 2003—and it's bringing spectacular Northern Lights.

Solar Orbiter observations show that a medium-class solar flare formed through cascading magnetic reconnection events, ...

The storm is also responsible for pushing the aurora farther south, giving some people across the southern U.S. a rare chance to see the northern lights.

"This is one of the most exciting results from Solar Orbiter so far." ...

Solar Orbiter captured the most detailed view of a solar flare, observing the build-up of events that lead to the explosion.

F or all of its life-sustaining energy, the sun is pretty chaotic. Roiling plasma covers its surface along with fluidic snarls of magnetic fields that birth solar flares. These fiery outbursts occur ...

Solar flares are characterized by intense bursts of energy and radiation from the Sun’s surface. In a matter of just a few ...