Strong geomagnetic storms can disrupt radio communications and power grids and even damage orbiting satellites. But they can also boost the auroras , also known as the northern and southern lights, ...
Green and reddish auroras danced across Thursday's night sky throughout the United States as a powerful solar storm unleashed the northern lights far and wide. Because of the way the solar ...
The stronger the solar storm, the farther south the northern lights can be seen. A "severe" solar storm has made the northern lights visible in the U.S. much farther south than usual, bringing a ...
Despite the threat the solar storm poses to satellites, GPS signals and power grids, the storm watch is good news for aurora chasers: Because of the way the solar particles interact with Earth's ...
As the coronal mass ejection (CME) travels through space at 2.5 million miles (four million kilometers) an hour, the agency has put in place a level 4 geomagnetic storm watch (G4). That is one ...
The northern lights may be visible across much of the U.S. tomorrow night thanks to a powerful cloud of solar plasma hitting our planet's magnetic field. A "severe" G4 geomagnetic storm is ...
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warns that a severe geomagnetic storm caused by solar flares could disrupt communications and other infrastructure. Solar flares are bursts ...
That storm is ... eruption of solar particles and magnetic fields. And that CME is directed toward Earth, and is expected to trigger a powerful geomagnetic storm when it hits us.
according to US forecasters. It comes as the Sun approaches -- or is possibly at -- the peak of its 11-year cycle, when activity is heightened.