Earth was hit by a coronal mass ejection last night, triggering a G1 geomagnetic storm and displays of the Northern Lights.

A ‘once in a decade’ solar event take place over the next few months – and it means you’ll get even more chances to see the ...

OnDecember 8, 2024, the Sun unleashed an intense X-class solar flare from sunspot region 3912, the most powerful type of ...

Activity on the sun’s surface recently reached a “solar maximum,” though projections suggest auroral activity could be ...

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The term northern lights refers to the natural display of pink and green ... the more red the lights will appear rather than the usual green curtains because the curvature of the Earth causes the ...

The northern lights (aurora borealis ... it is the overlapping of the Sun's magnetic hale cycles that is the primary cause of the increase in Kp post maximum," McIntosh told Space.com "With ...

A solar storm is about to hit Earth and could cause the northern lights to be visible in the uppermost reaches of the United States on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday. Forecasters predict the ...

The solar storms that cause the northern lights can affect technology by inducing extra currents in the ground that can degrade power grid operations, according to NOAA. Geomagnetic storms can ...

NOAA classifies geomagnetic storms on a scale of G1 (minor) to G5 (extreme), with G5 being the most powerful and least common. The G5 storm that was seen in May this year was the first of its kind ...

The cause of all this Northern Lights activity, ultimately, is the Sun. More specifically, it is due to how solar activity interacts with Earth's geomagnetic field and the upper atmosphere.