Richard Carrington’s name has long been connected with the most intense solar storm ever recorded, but his face was unknown until a lost portrait surfaced.

China has significantly increased its coal power capacity, reviving concerns about its climate-changing carbon emissions. A ...

Scientists have long relied on tree rings to learn about ancient solar storms—rare bursts of high-energy particles from the sun that can disrupt satellites, power grids, and communication systems ...

Experts say that there is a 12% chance of a large solar storm hitting Earth every 10 years. While solar storms aren’t harmful to humans, such events can be massively disruptive to our power system.

A powerful solar storm hammered Earth on Monday, with experts reporting that this was the most powerful solar radiation storm seen since October 2003. "This is the largest solar radiation storm in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The northern lights are pictured over Portsall in western France on January 19. - Oscar Chuberre/AFP/Getty Images Powerful solar ...

NORFOLK, Va. — After what we experienced Monday evening with a severe geomagnetic and solar storm, and even the northern lights reported very far south, a lot of people have been asking if space ...

Powerful solar activity released by the sun reached Earth Monday, causing colorful auroral displays and GPS issues for aircraft, according to the National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction ...

Colorful auroras could dazzle skywatchers again on Monday night amid a severe geomagnetic storm and what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said was the largest solar radiation storm ...

Earth just experienced a rare S4 solar radiation storm, the most intense since 2003 — powerful for satellites and astronauts, but harmless on the ground. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

(NEXSTAR) – A solar radiation storm stronger than one we’ve seen in over two decades is in progress, the Space Weather Prediction Center announced Monday. The storm is classified as an “S4” – the ...