The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's largest solar telescope, can see the sun in unprecedented detail. Here is ...

The aurora borealis has become more visible to more states in recent months, after activity on the sun’s surface peaked.

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

NASA has issued a major geostorm alert after detecting intense solar activity that could impact Earth’s satellites, communications, GPS systems, and even power grids. The public is advised to stay ...

The Northern Lights or aurora borealis may be visible in the U.S. this week due to a coronal hole and a "co-rotating ...

In his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral ...

Scientists from Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, together with scientists from the University of Graz, ...

Last year, the sun entered the peak period of its cycle of magnetic activity, bringing higher chances of seeing auroras into ...

A surge of solar energy will make the Northern Lights even more visible Tuesday and Wednesday nights — and Wyoming will be in ...

The northern lights, which can appear green, pink and blue, are the result of geomagnetic storms. The more severe the storm, ...

About 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have survived increased solar radiation caused by a weakening magnetic field by ...