These storms are measured by something called the Disturbance Storm Time index, a negative measurement of the strength of Earth’s own electromagnetic field, which is pressured by the solar storm. The ...

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission captured an X1.1-class solar flare. See time-lapse footage of the blast that caused "a strong shortwave radio blackout over South America," ...

Stars like our own Sun produce “superflares” around once every 100 years, surprising astronomers who had previously estimated that such events occurred only every 3000 to 6000 years. The result, from ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has shared his incredible view of the Northern Lights from the International Space Station, as ...

Forecasts suggest that peak solar activity will make aurora borealis displays even more intense than usual in 2025. Here are ...

A powerful X1.8 solar flare erupted on January 4, 2025, and was recorded at its peak—7:48 a.m. ET—by NOAA’s Solar Ultraviolet ...

Tengrinews.kz - There are rumors on the Internet that in 2025, due to the strongest magnetic storms caused by solar flares, ...

More strong solar storms are still expected throughout 2025 and potentially even into 2026, giving us a greater chance of ...

Heliophysics enters a pivotal year in 2025 with solar cycle activity, major missions, and a strategic research blueprint ...

On January 3, the Sun unleashed a powerful X1.2 solar flare, the first one in 2025, causing radio blackouts in parts of South ...

The Northern Lights forecast is looking up in the wake of a series of several large solar X-ray flares, with the nights of ...

Coronal holes are cooler, darker regions in the sun's corona, as described by NOAA. These areas allow solar wind to escape at higher speeds. When this wind interacts with Earth's magnetosphere, it can ...