Data collected from a once-defunct NASA satellite show that Earth grew two extra radiation belts following a supercharged ...

A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary ...

If the solar storm hits this weekend, auroras could be visible ... Auroras occur when charged particles from the sun collide with Earth's magnetic field, or magnetosphere. These particles skate ...

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

James is a published author with four pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary. Just beyond low-Earth orbit, the ...

The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged particles from the sun rocked the planet. Brilliant auroras engulfed the ...

Key PointsThe May 2024 solar storm created two new temporary belts of high-energy particles surrounding Earth.Such belts have ...

An asteroid becomes a meteorite when it travels to Earth from a nearby orbit or the outer solar system and collides with Earth, according to the United States Geological Survey. Small asteroids ...

What Would Happen If a Massive Solar Storm Hit Earth? Using NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, Mason and her colleagues analyzed the flickering of coronal loops—arch-like structures in the Sun ...

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 ...

In May 2024, the Earth was hit by the strongest geomagnetic storm in decades ... for better forecasting models to accurately predict solar flares and their impact on the Earth.