Large parts of the United States faced a radio blackout on Thursday following a strong solar flare from the sun. The "extreme ...

Solar flares can affect us on Earth, and radiation from this flare caused a shortwave radio blackout. A map released by the ...

A massive hole some 62 times wider than the Earth has opened up in the Sun's atmosphere—and it could lead to aurora over the U.S. NASA captured a photograph of the roughly 497,000-mile-wide ...

A handful of northern U.S. states are expected to see aurora borealis Tuesday night as an ... when the Earth blocks the Solar Dynamics Observatory's view of the sun. Most of Alaska will have ...

A powerful X-class solar flare erupted on June 19, disrupting radio signals and potentially setting the stage for geomagnetic ...

“Here in Nebraska we rarely get a chance to see aurora,” Sibbersen said. “If you are in Alaska, yes you get to see it all the time, but here in Nebraska it’s a rare treat.“ The ...

A few people stopped by the Community Observatory in Placerville for a chance to see the Aurora Borealis – an experience that would normally require a trip up north. However, the lights were ...

The aurora borealis was visible in parts of Connecticut ... The staff at Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire take in the beautiful view of the Northern Lights Monday night from the ...

On October 11, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the NOAA-20 satellite acquired this image of the aurora borealis. VIIRS detects nighttime ... (Credit: NASA Earth Observatory) With ...

That's why the team will use ground-based cameras at the launch site and at an observatory located about ... for launch based on auroral activity. Aurora borealis, also known as the Northern ...