Scientists have an expansive network of space- and ground-based observatories, such as the Parker Solar Probe, Solar Orbiter, the Solar Dynamics Observatory and others, available to monitor the ...

Launched into Earth's orbit last June, GOES-19 is the newest addition to NOAA's fleet, equipped with a sensor called the ...

They can knock out satellites, disrupt electronic devices, and even cause massive power outages. In extreme cases, a powerful ...

It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have ...

The Valentine's Day northern lights will largely be visible in Canada and Alaska, but a few northern-most states may see the ...

Geomagnetic storms also cause problems on Earth. The electric currents they create can overload power plants and cause ...

The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged ...

The odds of a massive asteroid now hurtling through space hitting Earth are small, but they went up this week, media reported Thursday. The so-called 2024 YR asteroid, about the size of a football ...

there have been dozens of CMEs that scored a direct hit on Earth. Just within the past couple decades, Earth has had several "Carrington-class" near misses. The 2003 Halloween solar storms ...

A recently discovered asteroid that has captured the attention of the astronomy community now has a slightly increased risk of affecting Earth ... has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on ...

The internet is currently swimming with talk about an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032. "Could" is a stretch, however, as scientists currently estimate those chances are 2.3%, according to ...

It’s much too soon to know where it might land if it did hit Earth. The good news, according to NASA, is that for now, no other known large asteroids have an impact probability above 1%.