ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS / NASA/SDO The solar cycle is driven ... and the aurora being seen further away from the poles ...

"Sunspots are complex magnetic regions of the sun where energy can be stored in huge amounts," astronomer Peter T. Gallagher said.

BOSTON - The northern lights have put on a show in 2024. In May, the strongest solar storm in 21 years set off the aurora borealis and on Thursday night, the stunning colors were visible once ...

A severe solar storm is headed to Earth that could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with major back-to-back hurricanes, space weather forecasters said Wednesday. The National Oceanic ...

If you feel like you keep seeing more and more reports of Northern Lights sightings in the U.S., you're not imagining things.

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 ...

Geomagnetic storming of this magnitude is common on NOAA’s 5-level scale. However, several sunspot regions on the Sun are ...

Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s belief that climate change is a hoax, most young people are worried about the future ...

The aurora borealis could be seen as far south as Alabama and California on Thursday night, and the surge of solar particles could extend into Friday too.

and this is why we're seeing more frequent and powerful solar storms. These storms occur when the sun releases huge quantities of matter and a magnetic field in the form of a coronal mass ejection ...

A severe geomagnetic storm could disrupt communications and bring northern lights to parts of California, according to a warning from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.