High-speed winds from a spot on the sun’s surface may affect Earth’s magnetic field, pulling the phenomenon further south.

Following a successful launch in the early hours of Wednesday morning (12 March 2025) U.K. time, the PUNCH spacecraft are ...

NASA’s PUNCH mission has officially come online, promising to transform our understanding of space weather. By capturing ...

Last year’s celestial events were quite spectacular, with two off-the-chart displays of northern lights that could be seen in all 50 states, a comet and a total solar eclipse. Although 2025 won’t ...

Four small suitcase-sized spacecraft, designed and built by Southwest Research Institute headquartered in San Antonio, ...

NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions face delays due to SpaceX checks SPHEREx will map the cosmos using infrared light observations PUNCH will study solar wind and coronal mass ejections ...

Emily Mason, a heliophysicist at San Diego-based research firm Predictive Science, and her colleagues observed coronal loops ...

The total number of satellites that can orbit in space is likely to decrease as greenhouse gases cause Earth’s upper atmosphere to contract.

Scientists have confirmed a 19-year-old theory on solar flare formation by observing “slip-running” reconnections in the ...

During March and September equinoxes, Earth's axis is parallel to the sun's. Magnetic fields of Earth and the solar wind momentarily coincide, creating "cracks" that allow charged particles to ...

The missions' first several delays were to allow for additional time for checkouts and processing on the Falcon 9 rocket they ...

As the spring equinox approaches, northern lights hunters will scour the skies for breathtaking displays of color.