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

Forecasts from the Space Weather Prediction Center suggest that 10 states may see the northern lights overnight Dec. 22. See ...

A coronal mass ejection from the Sun is expected to arrive by midday, potentially causing “strong” geomagnetic storms and impacting the aurora.

Space forecasters predict that seven states will be able to see the northern lights on Dec. 23. Check if yours is on the list ...

Fast solar wind and possible CME activity may increase northern lights chances over Christmas, mainly across high-latitude regions ...

NASA’s PUNCH mission captured detailed images of solar coronal mass ejections, tracking their movement from the Sun’s corona ...

A powerful solar eruption is expected to hit Earth soon, according to a forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center.

Burst from M-dwarf star could be powerful enough to strip the atmosphere of any planets that orbit it, with implications for ...

NASA's PUNCH mission is photographing the Sun like never before. It can see comets that are invisible to every other ...

For the first time, astronomers say they have spotted a giant explosion released by a star beyond our solar system. The eruption was similar in some ways to those unleashed by our sun, such as the ...

Astronomers using the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton space observatory and the LOFAR telescope have definitively spotted an explosive burst of material thrown out into space by another star—a ...

A coronal mass ejection could knock out power and disrupt communication on Earth Dan Falk - Science Correspondent A coronal mass ejection erupts from the sun in 2013. NASA In August of 1859, ...