A new paper calculated a solar storm could bring down the planet's satellite system in just three days, wreaking havoc on ...

A new study warns that a major solar storm could disable satellite controls and trigger cascading collisions in low Earth ...

A strong geomagnetic storm is forecast for Tuesday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space ...

A new study warns that massive solar storms could trigger a catastrophic chain of satellite collisions in low-Earth orbit ...

On Saturday, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) noted that an M8.1 solar flare, “an eruption of energy from the ...

A massive geomagnetic superstorm in May 2024 gave scientists an unprecedented look at how Earth’s plasma shield collapses and slowly rebuilds under extreme solar pressure. Using the perfectly ...

A new study warns a powerful solar storm could cripple satellite mega-constellations within days, as crowded orbits, lost ...

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A new University of Michigan study offers one of the most detailed pictures so far of how violent sun storms spread across space — and occasionally, straight to our planet. With the help of ...

The European Space Agency's Swarm mission detected a large but temporary spike of high-energy protons at Earth's poles during ...

A powerful M8.1 solar flare sent a full-halo coronal mass ejection toward Earth, and scientists expect it to trigger strong ...

There’s no hiding from a scientist with access to a satellite. A man searching the Australian outback on Google Earth pointed researchers in the direction of a strange scar cutting through the dirt.