Scientists at NASA have found patterns which could help predict solar flares, the most common form of solar disturbances aka ...

A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary ...

More recently, the Quebec blackout of 1989 showcased the destructive potential of even moderate solar storms. A geomagnetic storm caused a complete failure of Quebec’s power grid, leaving ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Experts say that an extreme solar storm will strike Earth within ten years, disrupting our use of modern technology and potentially shutting down major power grids ...

The Sun may appear steady, but its activity is unpredictable. Powerful solar storms can disrupt satellites, GPS, and power grids, posing risks to modern technology. A new study suggests artificial ...

The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged ...

A hint came with the Quebec blackout of March 13, 1989, when a solar storm roughly a third less powerful than the Carrington event knocked out the power grid serving more than six million ...

Solar storms are caused by high-energy particles ... as proved when a solar flare caused a nine-hour blackout for millions of people in the Canadian province of Quebec in 1989.

The most powerful solar storm to impact Earth in decades caused the temporary formation of radiation belts around Earth, NASA recently announced. A NASA CubeSat satellite made the discovery, which ...

The recent storms have left hundreds of thousands of homes without power, with many being told they won’t be reconnected well ...

Also known as space weather events, these storms can have significant impacts on Earth and technology, including potentially causing a complete blackout on our planet. Solar flares The most common ...