Solar storms could be even worse than we thought, scientists warn - The Earth does not protect us from potentially deadly ...

The effects of extreme space weather may be larger than previously thought, research in the journal Nature reveals. The paper ...

StormWall, which involves school-bus-size satellites and a whole lot of salt, could provide an ionic ‘air bag’ for the Earth.

A gigantic solar eruption in November 2021 defied expectations. Two spacecraft—Solar Orbiter at 0.85 AU and Wind at 0.98 AU—watched the same coronal mass ejection (CME) as it zoomed through the solar ...

The same phenomenon that causes the beautiful aurora borealis may also cause way more havoc than previously thought.

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 ...

Researchers in Japan traced a hidden medieval solar storm using ancient tree rings and centuries-old sky observations. The team linked reports of eerie red auroras with spikes of carbon-14 trapped in ...

The regular solar cycle is a mere climate murmur, but sudden geomagnetic jolts are a different story. These high-altitude outbursts appear to be hijacking the polar vortex to rewrite weather on the ...

A planetary defense system would blunt solar storms with hundreds of tons of gas. Emerging heavy-lift rockets could deploy it in under two months. Extreme space weather could wreak havoc on the ...

Solar storm Schematic showing how the Sun’s magnetic field and releases of plasma directly affect Earth. (Courtesy: SOHO (ESA & NASA)) An artificial buffer composed of a photoionizing material ...