While the exact cause of the system fault is unconfirmed, astronomers have warned of increased solar storms in the next days ...

For electric grid connections, projects proceed through multiple stages. According to Henkel, Deriva Energy’s South Dixon and Hexagon Energy’s Steward Creek solar farms are in the third phase – the ...

Forecasters of space weather keep an eye on the sun to stay ahead of eruptions of solar material that have the ability to ...

Ironically, the exercise last May was interrupted by a real scenario, when Earth was hit by the strongest solar storm in two decades ...

The U.S. Department of Energy says that $365 million originally slated for solar projects in Puerto Rico will be diverted to ...

Coincidentally, back in the real world, the largest geomagnetic disturbance in more than 20 years, known as the “Gannon Storm ...

On Sunday, a tornado in Bennett, Colorado, tore through Pioneer Solar, an 80-megawatt facility owned by a cooperative ...

A solar flare is a burst of radiation on the sun, according to NASA. They are the most powerful explosions in the solar system, with the biggest ones having as much energy as a billion hydrogen bombs.

New spending restrictions for some federal agencies are creating extra hoops for scientists to jump through to fix earthquake ...

Space weather forecasting doesn't yet command the same resources as Earth weather forecasting, even though the stakes are growing.

The world’s first-ever emergency drill testing preparedness for extreme space weather suggests humans are not ready to counter the threat posed by severe solar storms.

Sporadic E layers lit up during a solar storm, moving from poles to equator—surprising researchers and revealing potential ...