Scientists have captured an exceptionally rare, high-resolution view of an active region that produced two powerful X-class ...

Solar scientists are tracking a surge in activity on the sun that could unleash powerful storms toward Earth, with the potential to disrupt electricity, communications and navigation on a global scale ...

The spectacle was particularly enthralling for Lisa Upton, who caught the skies over Boulder, Colo., glowing eerily red. Upton, a heliophysicist at the Southwest Research Institute, is an expert in ...

North Central and Northwestern states have the best chance of viewing. The peak of the current solar cycle is ongoing, bringing spectacular views of the northern lights to several U.S. states. A ...

The May 2025 storm remains the undisputed heavyweight of the current solar cycle. It was the only storm to officially reach ...

(CNN) — For two nights, dazzling auroras delighted sky-gazers in unexpected places, including in the US as far south as Florida. The cause: dual solar storms unleashed by the sun reaching Earth. A ...

Massive solar flares, graceful eruptions of solar material, and an enormous sunspot make up some of the imagery captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory in 2013 and 2014. A year ago this weekend, ...