Observers across the Prairies, as well as anyone in the northern territories, have the best chance at spotting the Northern ...

Mother's Day 2024 heralded Mexico's most powerful geomagnetic storm in two decades. Here's why scientists say this is ...

Solar flares are classified based on their strength and fall into five designated categories: A, B, C, M and X. An X-class ...

After an X-class solar flare erupted, shortwave radio blackouts were detected across the Americas — the sunlit side of Earth at the time. These disruptions, common during intense solar activity, occur ...

So far this week, the SWPC has reported G1 and G2 conditions from this solar storm. During a solar storm of this level, Northern Lights could be visible from New York to Idaho. The SWPC forecasts the ...

"Watches of this level are not uncommon," according to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center; G2-strength geomagnetic storms hit Earth about 360 days in each 11-year solar cycle. These storms can ...

A powerful solar storm could do more than light up the skies—it could knock out GPS systems across the globe. Scientists are warning that intense solar activity from the Sun has the potential to ...

The aurora could be visible tonight and early Sunday in the northern U.S. states and even into the lower Midwest, according to the NOAA/NWS Space Weather Prediction Center.

Auroras occur when charged particles from the sun's solar wind reach Earth ... Spikes in those interactions can reach geomagnetic storm levels like the G3 storm watch issued by NOAA.

"Watches at this level are infrequent, but not uncommon," SWPC wrote. The solar storm isn't predicted to reach the jaw-dropping levels of the level 4 and 5 storms in spring last year, but would ...