No communication or navigation, faulty electronics and collision risk. At ESA's mission control in Darmstadt, teams faced a scenario unlike any before: a solar storm of extreme magnitude. Fortunately, ...

The Sun has hurled a rare sequence of three major eruptions toward Earth, a triple blast that is now driving the most intense solar radiation storm in more than two decades. The unfolding space ...

Magnar Gullikstad Johnsen monitors space and issues space weather alerts while awaiting a national warning service. Photo: ...

New balloon-mounted space radiation probes developed by the Surrey Space Center at the University of Surrey have captured their first measurements of a major solar storm, confirming the research ...

What: A major coronal hole on the Sun is releasing high-speed solar wind toward Earth, driving recent auroral activity and space weather disturbances. Coronal holes are cooler regions where the Sun’s ...