A tense moment unfolded during the 14th anniversary commemoration of the 2012 Toulouse attacks, as political figures were met with boos and angry chants from the crowd. Video from the event shows ...

Patches of the sun's surface often show strong magnetic fields. These fields can emerge within a matter of hours, and can ...

As if returning to the Moon’s vicinity hadn’t already had enough things to delay it, now risky space weather could get in the way.

Earthquakes are well understood, but very hard to predict. Instead of looking at tectonic pressure or fracking, researchers in Japan have postulated a new source that could be triggering quakes: solar ...

Scientists have proposed a surprising connection between solar flares and earthquakes. When solar activity disturbs the ionosphere, it may generate electric fields that penetrate fragile fracture ...

Researchers say a deadly earthquake in Japan and 2023’s most powerful solar flare occurring back-to-back can’t be a coincidence—but other experts say it probably was. Reading time 4 minutes ...

Last month, Earth was treated to a massive aurora borealis that reached as far south as Texas. The event was attributed to a solar storm that lasted nearly a full day and will likely contend for the ...

A newly active area on the sun is responsible for dozens of eruptions known as solar flares, including back-to-back X-class flares earlier this week. Solar flares typically originate from active ...

Space weather has seen a flurry of activity this week. An explosive solar flare that erupted Tuesday, just two days after the sun unleashed one of its most powerful flares, temporarily disrupted ...