Earth is currently under bombardment from one of the most powerful geomagnetic storm categories the Sun can unleash. Thanks to a giant eruption on the Sun and a large opening in its atmosphere, we're ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Thursday, April 20 (or Wednesday, April 19 if you’re on the West Coast), we have a solar eclipse in Aries. This is our first ...

Earth just experienced a rare S4 solar radiation storm, the most intense since 2003 — powerful for satellites and astronauts, ...

People in Maine, parts of Canada, New Brunswick and Quebec may see a “devil’s horns” partial solar eclipse March 29, 2025. Weather permitting and depending on the phase, a “diamond ring” effect during ...

Solar eclipses offer unique natural experiments for investigating transient atmospheric phenomena caused by the temporary obscuration of the Sun. These events induce rapid changes in radiative forcing ...

If the timing and location are right, like if the stars align, some may see a "devil horns" or "solar horns" effect. During past eclipse events, Florida has seen versions of a horizontal "smiley face" ...

While no one yet knows what’s needed to build a habitable planet, it’s clear that the interplay between the sun and Earth is crucial for making our planet livable – a balance between a sun that ...

Earth could continue to experience effects from solar flare. An asymmetric, partial halo coronal mass ejection (CME) occurred on Dec. 28, 2015 in association with an M1 flare (R1-Minor radio blackout) ...

Hopefully you didn't mothball that ugly Christmas sweater yet. The Purkinje effect, named after Czech physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkinje, states "as light intensity decreases, red objects are ...