The Sun periodically ejects huge bubbles of plasma from its surface that contain an intense magnetic field. These events are ...

The NASA/ESA Solar & Heliospheric Observatory captured a 'butterfly-shaped' coronal mass ejection erupt from the sun. Credit: ...

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday that he would not seek reelection to the Senate after his current term. McConnell has been a U.S. senator from Kentucky since 1985.

A solar storm from a coronal mass ejection (CME) is set to strike Earth, bringing a minor geomagnetic storm to northern and upper Midwest states between January 24-25. Experts predict visible ...

After losing his Pacific Palisades neighborhood in the fires that swept through Los Angeles in January, Kent Tobiska, the CEO ...

Ever since the beginning of the Space Age, the inner planets and the Earth-Moon system have received the lion’s share of attention. That makes sense; it’s a whole lot easier to get to the Moon ...

A coronal mass ejection earlier this week may pull the northern lights to more northern U.S. states, ... [+] forecasters said. NOAA forecast a Kp index of four on a scale of nine for Thursday ...

The effects of a coronal mass ejection—a bubble of plasma that bursts from the sun’s surface—will likely impact Earth’s magnetic field on Saturday, bringing the northern lights to several ...

Launched into Earth's orbit last June, GOES-19 is the newest addition to NOAA's fleet, equipped with a sensor called the ...

The Space Weather Prediction Center reports that the aurora borealis could glow over Iowa on Friday night, thanks to a coronal mass ejection that's leaving the sun. Forecasts indicate the peak ...

The solar maximum, the apex of the sun's 11-year activity cycle, is when all types of solar weather, which includes more coronal mass ejections and geomagnetic storms, will occur most frequently.

During Valentine's Day weekend, northern parts of America, including Maine, may have a chance of seeing an aurora. But space ...