Magnetic vortices twisting down from Jupiter's ionosphere into its deep atmosphere cause giant, ultraviolet-absorbing polar ...

Researchers discover hidden solar tornadoes that can disrupt Earth's systems - revealing why current space weather warnings ...

Those space tornadoes can still harm Earth’s electrical grids and digital systems. Recently, researchers including UM climate ...

Weather forecasting is a powerful tool. During hurricane season, for instance, meteorologists create computer simulations to ...

A new University of Michigan study offers one of the most detailed pictures so far of how violent sun storms spread across ...

A giant solar tornado and a massive plasma eruption were just raging on the surface of the sun at the same time — and a researcher has captured both in one spectacular image. Although the solar events ...

Four proposed sungazing spacecraft, working together, could help speed up space weather warnings by 40%, a new study suggests. A fleet of sentinel spacecraft, including one with a huge solar sail, ...

New models show interplanetary solar tornadoes may trigger geomagnetic storms capable of disrupting satellites, electricity ...

Meteorologists at the National Weather Service office in Pueblo, Colorado, said they were alerted to a previously unwarned tornado by a social media user who shared a satellite image showing what ...

Preliminary reports for the pair of Utah tornadoes currently rank them as level EF2, the same as the tornado that tore through Salt Lake City in 1999.