Brace for Impact: A high-speed solar storm, triggered by the Sun’s most powerful eruption of the year, is currently buffeting Earth's magnetic field, with space weather experts warning of possible ...

“It’s the first time we have detected one,” says Cyril Tasse of the Paris Observatory, referring to a coronal mass ejection, or CME, erupting from any star other than the Sun. Caught in unprecedented ...

An X-class solar flare has produced an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, increasing solar activity and raising the likelihood of geomagnetic impacts within 24 hours.

The Sun released a coronal mass ejections (CME), a sudden burst of energy, on Thursday morning. This happened as magnetic fields above a sunspot twisted to the breaking point, hurling several billion ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Wisconsin's night sky glowing with Northern Lights as a ...

The Sun looks like a warm yellow sphere with a surface covered with glowing messy hair. The yellow glow extends to the edges of the image, with some regions brighter than others. Many bright yellow ...