A powerful solar storm has delivered a dramatic blow to Jupiter’s magnetosphere, revealing that even the largest planet in ...

"The solar wind squished Jupiter’s magnetic shield like a giant squash ball," O'Donoghue said. "This created a super-hot ...

This article was originally shared by Morton Solar & Electric. On March 15, 2025, Owensboro, Kentucky experienced one of the ...

Jupiter’s skies can glow with lights more intense than anything on Earth. Its polar auroras shine when charged particles ...

In 2003, a similarly powerful event, dubbed the “Halloween Solar Storm,” affected spacecraft, disrupted satellite TV and radio services and interfered with airline flight communications.

On Earth, the colors differ depending on the type of atmospheric gas and its altitude. Oxygen glows red or blue, while ...

Geomagnetic storms are likely for March 25-26 this week, increasing the possibility of northern lights across the northern regions of the U.S. and parts of the Midwest. The sun has been active ...

By watching what happens there, we can better predict and understand the effects of solar storms which might disrupt ... atmosphere to expand and spill hot gas toward the equator.

but “during one kind of solar storm called a coronal mass ejection, the sun ‘burps’ out huge bubbles of electrified gas that can travel through space at high speeds,” a portion of NASA’s ...

Powerful auroras reaching Mexico could therefore suggest countries closer to the equator are more at risk from solar storms than first thought. Coronal mass ejections — fiery busts of plasma fro ...