Scientists claim we’re not prepared for the solar storms threatening Earth, which could cause cataclysmic blackouts, grid breakdowns and even an “internet apocalypse,” according to a frightening ...

Today's tech-driven world faces an outsize risk from solar storms, with a 14,000-year-old solar storm setting our computerised world up for disaster. The event may cause catastrophic damage to ...

Scientists warn of an approaching solar superstorm from sunspot AR4087, which could potentially spike gas prices and trigger ...

I think it is quite clear that space weather was not the cause of the dramatic power outage in Spain recently' ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

New findings suggest that a mysterious solar event roughly 500 times more powerful than any recorded by scientists struck the ...