One of the strongest solar storms in nearly two decades is forecasted to hit Earth on Friday, bringing with it views of the northern lights across the United States, per The Weather Channel.

Solar flares are classified based on their strength and fall into five designated categories: A, B, C, M and X. An X-class ...

Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have verified the imminent arrival of a 'Cannibal' eruption from the Sun, scheduled to reach Earth on December 1, said a ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) initally issued a G2 geomagnetic storm warning for Tuesday, March 25, which has now ... hit Earth about 360 days in each 11-year solar ...

The sun has once again unleashed a powerful solar ... Earth, as AR4046 has now moved into the "Earth strike zone," meaning any CME it produces in the coming days has a much higher chance of ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) initally issued a G2 geomagnetic storm warning for Tuesday, March 25, which has now ... hit Earth about 360 days in each 11-year solar ...

The solar wind is a flow ... sometimes when the particles hit the Earth’s atmosphere—as the aurora borealis, or northern lights. While the solar wind protects Earth from other harmful particles coming ...

No solar superstorm as powerful as the 1859 event has occurred since, so it is difficult to calculate what impact a comparable storm might ... when a CME will hit Earth, plus or minus six hours ...

A solar storm - also known as a coronal mass ejection - occurs when the Sun ejects huge quantities of protons and electrons. These then cause a plume of cosmic rays to head towards Earth.

It was a strong solar storm that recently made the Northern Lights visible across the Northern Hemisphere. While Earth's atmosphere ... Scientists now have a chance to determine to what extent.

as AR4046 has now moved into the "Earth strike zone," meaning any CME it produces in the coming days has a much higher chance of hitting our planet. If this flare is accompanied by a CME ...