If you're hoping for a festive skywatching surprise, Christmas week is shaping up to be more active than usual in space. Fast ...

Solar activity could cause stronger-than-usual auroras, making the northern lights visible in more U.S. regions than usual.

NOAA’s space weather forecasting toolbox is about to get a major upgrade this year with the launch of a spacecraft dedicated to helping forecast impacts from the Sun, which is no easy task to begin ...

SpaceX launched a triple ride-sharing mission for NOAA and NASA early Wednesday, kicking off a major upgrade to space weather forecasting and research into influences from the Sun. A Falcon 9 rocket ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Space Weather Prediction Center says a solar storm is heading toward Earth, and it could create some auroras, also known as northern lights, across parts of the United States ...

On July 4, NOAA's GOES-18 satellite captured the Dragon Bravo fire in Arizona's Grand Canyon National Park which started with a lightning strike and quickly became a roaring wildfire. The fire ...

Scientists say a train of CMEs could impact Earth's magnetic field Oct. 15–17, bringing a chance of northern lights across northern North America. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Sept. 24 (UPI) --SpaceX launched a trio of spacecraft Wednesday morning, each meant to study the sun and space weather, and their affects on Earth. The Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX launched three satellites early Wednesday on a million-mile trip to tackle the mysteries of space weather, including how to protect from the sun’s disruptive and ...

The solar maximum may be over, but the sun has still been busy with activity. A powerful solar eruption is expected to hit Earth soon, according to a forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...