Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The aurora borealis glows in shades of green, pink, and ...

A new burst of solar activity could transform the night sky across parts of the United States over the next several nights, ...

Three solar storms are expected to impact the Earth's magnetic field, today, June 4, and may push the northern lights into ...

Although the northern lights likely won’t be visible on Sunday night, expected geomagnetic storms could make the aurora reappear further south on Monday.

Local weather alerts are familiar warnings for potentially dangerous conditions, but an alert that puts all of Earth on warning is rare. On May 31, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) ...

Referred to as a “stealth storm,” a recent coronal mass ejection went undetected until it hit Earth. Stealth coronal mass ejections are more common after the Sun transitions from the solar maximum to ...

NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center expects geomagnetic activity to stay well below storm levels through June 13, with a maximum predicted Kp of 4.00, effectively ruling out widespread northern ...

A geomagnetic storm watch is in place for July 1-2, 2025. The Northern Lights may be visible in the U.S. overnight on Tuesday and Wednesday as a coronal mass ejection travels towards Earth to cause a ...

Astronomers have detected a coronal mass ejection racing away from a red dwarf star about 130 light-years away. Credit: Olena Shmahalo / Callingham et al. illustration Astronomers have captured the ...

Please join the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology on Thursday, January 23 at 11 a.m. for a virtual talk by Chip Manchester Abstract: Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are magnetically driven ...