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'Cataclysmic' solar storm hit Earth around 2687 years ago, ancient tree rings reveal
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
If this colossal solar storm hit our technologically advanced world the effects would have been devastating.

Northern lights (aurora borealis): what they are and how to see them
By Daisy Dobrijevic, Stefanie Waldek last updated
Reference The northern lights are one of the most mesmerizing natural wonders you can witness firsthand.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is solving long-standing mysteries about the sun. Here's what we've learned so far.
By Paul Sutter published
The goal of the Parker Solar Probe mission is to investigate the mysteries of the sun's corona, its outer atmosphere. What has it learned so far?

New NASA coronagraph will measure temperature, speed of solar wind from ISS
By Conor Feehly published
We're about to learn more about the solar wind, thanks to NASA's Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX), which just arrived at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft.

Watch sun unleash major X-flare in epic solar eruption (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
We could expect even more eruptions from this sunspot region in the coming days as it rotates to face Earth.

'Killer electrons' play pinball with space weather around Earth
By Robert Lea published
"Killer electrons" stashed in radiation belts around Earth could be dislodged by lightning to create a game of "cosmic pinball" that influences space weather around our planet.

Solar storm bombarding Earth now may reach 'extreme' levels, sparking auroras down to Alabama and straining hurricane-weakened power grids
By Tariq Malik published
A severe solar storm sparked by an intense flare from the sun could reach "extreme" levels as it bombards Earth, NOAA officials warned Thursday (Oct. 10).

The sun fires off another powerful X flare, triggering radio blackouts across the Americas (video)
By Meredith Garofalo published
An X2.1 solar flare erupted from the prolific sunspot AR 3842 on Monday (Oct. 7), triggering radio blackout across North and South America.
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