Tickets are booked. Suitcases are packed. With fall break near on the horizon, many Cornellians are eagerly anticipating their escapes from Ithaca. The Anthony Bourdains of the university await new ...

This was the view as a multi-colored curtain of aurora formed to the south in my sky during the great display of Northern Lights on May 10, 2024. The Kp Index peaked at 8 this night bringing the ...

After a calm week, the sun erupted again. A powerful M5.1 solar flare burst from an emerging sunspot region, shaking the ...

The sun fired off an X1.2-class solar flare on Friday (Jan. 3), triggering radio blackouts throughout parts of the South Atlantic ocean, Africa and South America.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY AT FIRST, YEAH. SO PEOPLE GOING TO THE EVENT TONIGHT, WHAT SHOULD THEY HAVE ON? WHAT SHOULD THEY WEAR? I’M STILL SAYING LONG SLEEVES RIGHT. IT’S NICE TO SEE US BOUNCING BACK TO ...

The X5.1-class eruption from sunspot AR4274 is this year's most powerful solar flare and Earth is in the firing line. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The sun is not a static, tranquil sphere of gas, but an active, turbulent star with magnetic fields that twist and snap in powerful eruptions. Among the most striking and energetic of these eruptions ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A spot on the sun 10 times larger than Earth has been seen ...

Scientists have captured an exceptionally rare, high-resolution view of an active region that produced two powerful X-class solar flares—an achievement rarely possible from Earth. Using the GREGOR ...