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Usually, a solar storm means that auroras will light up the sky. But more powerful storms, such as this ancient one, could ...
Solar storms that fling magnetism across the solar system can knock out satellites, power grids, communication and navigation ...
Space weather experts warn that a moderate-strength geomagnetic storm could hit Earth Friday or Saturday (Aug. 8 or 9) — ...
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RMI has released Solar Under Storm III, analyzing solar power facilities in the hurricane-prone Caribbean and reviewing past ...
A frontal boundary slowly pushing through the northern tier of the country will be the focus of severe thunderstorms over the ...
The M4.4 solar flare unleashed a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space — and Earth might just receive a glancing blow.
Our sun is about five times less magnetically active than other sunlike stars—effectively a special case. The reason for this ...
The sun has been active and unleashed an intense combination of coronal mass ejections and coronal hole high-speed streams with a geomagnetic storm forecasted for tonight, Aug. 7, and tomorrow, Aug. 8 ...
At these distances, the satellites remain within Earth’s protective magnetic shield and can reliably measure the planet’s ...
A new report from RMI provides updates to best practices for designing and installing solar PV systems in hurricane-prone ...
A coronal mass ejection hurtling from the sun toward Earth could unleash the northern lights in up to 18 states in the US.