As recently as 2022, for example, a solar storm knocked around 40 Starlink satellites out of orbit. The risk of solar-induced problems will continue to rise as the skies grow increasingly crowded.

The most famous is the 1859 Carrington Event, when an extreme solar flare and coronal mass ... detected in glacial ice cores ...

According to experts, full solar eclipses aren't uncommon, but most are over the Pacific Ocean or Antarctica ... will grace ...

Looks like we might have been a bit premature in our dismissal last week of the Sun’s potential for throwing a temper tantrum, as that’s exactly what happened when a G1 geomagnetic storm hit ...

That suggests it is possible to use polar tree rings to detect moderate-sized solar storms. The extra sensitivity of those polar trees may be related to how solar particles interact with Earth’s ...

Dual Solar Storms Converge for Cannibal CME The impending Cannibal CME is the consequence of two earlier solar storms, with NASA models predicting a substantial impact on Earth. Renowned space ...

As the sun reaches solar ... storms may impact future crewed missions to the Red Planet. During the winters of 2016 and 2017, a hole the size of Switzerland opened in the middle of Antarctica's ...

to what causes solar storms and how we might one day predict them. (Premiering April 3, 2024 at 8 pm on PBS) ...

A solar storm that can cause an Internet apocalypse is increasingly being reported as the Sun heads towards the solar maximum. A solar storm that can take down the Internet? Talk of an Internet ...

“But sometimes you have what we call a storm or an explosion at the sun.” The sun’s corona is visible as the moon obscures the sun during the 2017 total solar eclipse. Carlos Avila Gonzalez ...

The next total solar eclipse will be visible from parts of Spain, Iceland and Greenland in 2026. Here's everything you need to know about how to watch the next solar eclipse.

If they escape the fiery body’s pull, they will form solar storms, and a lot of them are expected in 2024. Radio-Canada’s Camille Vernet breaks down what that means for the Earth, and talks to ...