Across September 1 and 2, 1859, the Earth experienced the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history. It is known as the Carrington Event and caused aurorae visible almost to the equator and ...

The M4.4 solar flare unleashed a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space — and Earth might just receive a glancing blow.

The Mars Curiosity rover had to weather a solar storm. Specks seen in the video the rover captured are "caused by charged ...

The sun has been active and unleashed an intense combination of coronal mass ejections and coronal hole high-speed streams with a geomagnetic storm forecasted for tonight, Aug. 7, and tomorrow, Aug. 8 ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare on Oct. 2, 2014.

(WSVN) - NASA released a new video of a spectacular solar sight that could impact Earth this weekend. The agency said the geomagnetic storm is plasma being ejected from the eye of the sun and ...

A coronal mass ejection hurtling from the sun toward Earth could unleash the northern lights in up to 18 states in the US.

NASA launches satellites to learn more about magnetic reconnection, which will help better predict geomagnetic storms.

In 1859, a severe solar storm triggered auroras as far south as Hawaii and caught telegraph lines on fire in a rare event. And a 1972 solar storm may have detonated magnetic U.S. sea mines off the ...

A coronal mass ejection hurtling from the sun toward Earth could trigger a geomagnetic storm, making the northern lights visible in up to 18 states.

Two NASA satellites rocketed into orbit from California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, commencing a $170 million ...