The sun started 2025 with a bang as it fired off a powerful solar flare this morning.

MacPhail’s interest in the night sky began when he heard President John F. Kennedy’s speech in 1962 that the United States would land a man on the moon before the end of the decade. MacPhail’s parents ...

The northern lights could once again grace US skies over the coming days. A minor geomagnetic storm is projected to impact Earth on Saturday and Sunday following the effects of a recent coronal mass ...

Projections suggest auroral activity could increase in 2025 as activity on the sun’s surface maintains a “solar maximum.” ...

Forecasts suggest that peak solar activity will make aurora borealis displays even more intense than usual in 2025. Here are ...

What's the difference between a solar flare and a coronal mass ejection? And how do they lead to auroras?

If someone had said to you five years ago — yes, that’s how long it is since we first heard of a new coronavirus that became ...

Last year brought sightings from northern Scotland to the south coast of England, and a display on the first night of 2025 may have set the tone for the year. | ITV News Tyne Tees ...

Scientists have made groundbreaking progress in understanding the dazzling auroras that light up the night sky. Using NASA’s KiNET-X experiment, researchers simulated auroral conditions by releasing ...

The new year is getting off to a dangerous start as millions prepare for impacts from a major winter storm ahead of ...

The hunt for exoplanets began in earnest in the 1990s when the first confirmed discovery was made. Since then, astronomers ...