When the Sun emits solar flares, solar phenomena known as coronal mass ejections send charged particles toward Earth. When ...

The Northern Lights have been visible in Ireland several times this year, and there's a chance of seeing them again tonight due to heightened solar activity. With minor geomagnetic storms expected, ...

Stargazers should prepare themselves for an uptick in aurora borealis -- or northern lights -- activity as the current solar cycle nears its peak.

In May, Earth was hit by the largest geomagnetic storm in two decades after the Sun flung a slew of charged particles towards our planet. A few months later, another severe geomagnetic storm caught ...

In May, NOAA issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning. The storm that slammed Earth was the strongest in more than two decades, producing light displays across the Northern Hemisphere. That same ...

NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) issued a geomagnetic storm alert on Thursday after severe geomagnetic storming was observed. Bright aurora lights were seen across Canada, the ...

NOAA issued a severe geomagnetic storm alert on Wednesday after after an outburst from the sun was detected earlier in the week. Such a storm increases the chance of auroras — also known as ...

NOAA issued a severe geomagnetic storm alert on Wednesday after after an outburst from the sun was detected earlier in the week. Such a storm increases the chance of auroras — also known as ...

Another in a series of unusually strong solar storms hitting Earth produced stunning skies full of pinks, purples, greens and blues farther south than normal, including into parts of Germany, the ...