“Sunspots are there all the time, almost. You can see them with a small telescope,” University of Glasgow astrophysicist Hugh Hudson tells Popular Science. “Carrington was sketching the spots’ areas ...

In May 2024, part of the Sun exploded. The Sun is an immense ball of superheated gas called plasma. Because the plasma is conductive, magnetic fields loop out of the solar surface. Since different ...

A massive sunspot cluster roughly the size of the one responsible for the most powerful solar storm ever recorded has rotated into view on the sun's Earth-facing side, now pointing directly toward our ...

A mesmerizing display of the Northern Lights graced much of the U.S. on Friday night courtesy of a potent solar storm. Even observers as far south as Florida reported seeing the sky painted with vivid ...

Remember the gorgeous auroras so many of us enjoyed back in May? Those are caused by intense storms on the surface of the sun, triggered by criss crossing of the sun’s magnetic fields. The most ...

Worrying new simulations show that a solar storm on par with the infamous Carrington Event could potentially wipe out every single satellite orbiting our planet, leaving us in a precarious and ...

"It actually took out the telegraph system, sparks were literally flying off the telegraph lines," Becker told FOX Weather about the Carrington Event. "So you lay that on top of the internet with its ...

The strongest solar flare in recorded history burst into Earth’s atmosphere in 1859, bathing both hemispheres in brilliantly colorful aurorae as it wreaked worldwide havoc on telegraph systems. The ...