Scientists are monitoring one of the biggest sunspot groups of the past decade, though experts say the likelihood of a major ...

Even Florida got to see the Northern Lights in all their glory; well, that’s a plot twist if there ever was one. A very rare ...

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 severe ...

Solar storms may bring colorful auroras to several northern U.S. states Thursday night. The sun burped out a huge burst of energy called a coronal mass ejection that's currently on its way to Earth, ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Severe solar storms on Tuesday produced colorful northern lights across the U.S., with some Floridians getting a chance to experience them. The brightness of the auroras and their ...

A powerful burst of energy from the sun streaming past Earth painted the night sky as far south as Florida with stunning northern lights displays overnight Tuesday. The dancing red and green and ...

The Sun follows a 22-year magnetic cycle, with solar activity rising and peaking roughly every 11 years. But when conditions ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Solar storms brought colorful auroras to unexpected places on Tuesday night, and there could be more to come. Space weather forecasters confirmed that storms reached severe levels, ...

The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center similarly upgraded its forecast from G3, meaning “strong,” to G4, indicating “severe” conditions, for Wednesday. Meanwhile, the British Geological Society says ...

NEW YORK — Space weather forecasters issued an alert on Tuesday for incoming severe solar storms that could produce colorful northern lights and temporarily disrupt communications. In the past few ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Sun is an immense ball of superheated gas called plasma. Because the plasma is ...