When the sky lights up in ribbons of green and red, it’s not just a pretty sight; it’s Earth reacting to a solar outburst. NASA has confirmed that the planet is currently facing the strongest ...

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of the Sun on May 7, 2024, in extreme ultraviolet light (at a wavelength of 304 Ångstroms). At center, the active region that instigated the ...

10 May 2024, Brandenburg, Falkenhagen: Light green and slightly reddish auroras glow in the night sky in the district of Märkisch-Oderland in East Brandenburg. The northern lights (aurora borealis) ...

A recent batch of SpaceX's Starlink internet-beaming cubesats met with tragedy on February 3rd when a 49-member cohort of the newly-launched satellites encountered a strong geomagnetic storm in orbit.

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One year ago, representatives from NASA and about 30 other U.S. government agencies gathered for a special meeting to simulate and address a threat looming in space. The threat was not an asteroid or ...