The regular solar cycle is a mere climate murmur, but sudden geomagnetic jolts are a different story. These high-altitude ...

Typically, when the Space Weather Prediction Center is being widely talked about on a national level, it is due to a geomagnetic storm bringing aurora viewing potential across the United ...

Most of North America was asleep when it happened. Late on the night of May 4, 2026, a geomagnetic storm that forecasters had pegged as minor quietly escalated to G2 on NOAA’s five-tier severity scale ...

Solar storms satellites must withstand are among the most powerful natural space events, driven by space weather activity that releases massive energy bursts into the solar system. These events ...

For many of us, checking the weather is part of daily life. But, in an increasingly technology-dependent world, there is another kind of forecast we can't afford to ignore: space weather. Space ...

Skywatchers across northern Europe, Canada, and the northern United States were treated to an unexpected aurora display on ...

BOULDER, Colorado – The sun’s volatile outbursts, such as storms, flares and other space weather, can cause serious harm to astronauts like the Artemis 2 crew who recently came home, and to satellites ...

A spike in atmospheric radiation from a major solar flare in November 2025 was picked up by a global network of soil moisture sensors. Now, a new rapid-response research project led by the University ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 6:05 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 15, carrying ...