The sun is reaching a solar maximum. Here's what that could mean for Iowa and our chances to see the aurora borealis, known ...

A massive geomagnetic storm could make the Northern Lights visible across wide swaths of the northern United States, but there’s a big catch in the Chicago area. According to the NOAA’s Space ...

Auroral activity is best seen between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time while at a high vantage point away from light pollution, ...

Predicting these solar storms has always been tricky. But a recent study led by Sabrina Guastavino from the University of ...

One of the most notable historical geomagnetic storms is the Carrington event of ... Research has also focused on the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957-1958, which coincided with ...

JUNEAU, Alaska – The new year started with a dazzling display of Aurora lights, with Alaska seeing most of the action from New Year's Eve into New Year's Day. Solar storms are rated by NOAA’s Space ...

The 500,000-mile wide hole has cracked open the sun's atmosphere, leaving a gap over 62 times the diameter of Earth from ...

The northern lights could reach as low as northern Iowa on New Year's Eve, according to the latest forecast. NOAA is predicting a strong geomagnetic storm that will reach Earth on Dec. 31.

A gigantic hole has opened up in the Sun's atmosphere and is currently big enough to spot from Earth. The structure located ...

Domestic researchers announced the results of their analysis of the powerful solar geomagnetic storm phenomena that occurred last year. The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI ...

(NEXSTAR) – Sky gazers in several U.S. states could get a colorful glimpse of the northern lights as we enter the weekend, thanks to a recent geomagnetic storm. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...