Are the Northern Lights dangerous? Solar storms in May and October saw intense displays of aurora borealis across the U.S.

The 1859 event caused telegraph systems around the world to ... but also caused problems with satellites and radio communication. Additional solar and geomagnetic storms in the coming months could ...

A geomagnetic storm occurs on the Earth when a disturbance on the Sun ... including the Carrington Event of 1859. The Carrington Event, occurring in the infancy of the electric industrial age, ...

Montanans have been dazzled in recent months by colorful displays of the aurora, or northern lights, which occur when plasma ...

NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center issued a G1 Geomagnetic Storm Watch for Thursday. Geomagnetic storming of this magnitude is common. The SWPC rates solar storms on a five-level scale ...

On October 28th, a breathtaking Northern Lights display dazzled the northern United States residents after strong solar flare ...

The Northern Lights may be seen during the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 6, in the continental U.S. after space weather forecasters predicted favorable geomagnetic storm conditions. It’s the result ...

Thankfully, those will arrive after Election Day. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center issued a G1 Geomagnetic Storm Watch for Thursday. Geomagnetic storming of this magnitude is common.

NOAA's new Compact Coronagraph, CCOR-1, onboard the GOES-19 satellite, has begun transmitting its first images, revealing ...

The tropics are heating up once again. Late Monday afternoon, Tropical Storm Rafael formed over the Caribbean Sea. After starting the day with a ragged, disorganized appearance, Rafael’s ...

Tropical Storm Rafael formed in the Caribbean on Monday, a storm that's predicted to intensify into a hurricane and threaten the U.S. Gulf Coast by this weekend, the National Hurricane Center said.