Space Weather, Solar Flares & Sun Storms: Latest News

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Northern lights may be visible in these 10 US States tonight
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Washington as a giant hole in the sun's atmosphere fuels geomagnetic storms with a high-speed solar wind.

Powerful X-class solar flare erupts from sun, knocking out radio signals across the Pacific (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Sunspot region 4114 has done it again! This time unleashing a colossal X1.9 solar flare.

Northern lights may be visible in these 9 US States tonight
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New Hampshire as geomagnetic activity remains unsettled.

Powerful solar flare erupts from sun triggering radio blackouts across North America (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
The M-class flare was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection currently forecast to land Earth with a glancing blow on June 18.

Northern lights may be visible in these 18 US states tonight and over the weekend
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Auroras may be seen from Alaska to Wyoming as Earth is buffeted by turbulent space weather.

Aurora alert! Moderate geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as New York and Idaho on June 14
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Aurora chasers, keep your eyes on the skies this weekend as northern lights might be possible at mid-latitudes.

No, solar storms didn't crash Spain's internet — but here's what they can do
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
'I think it is quite clear that space weather was not the cause of the dramatic power outage in Spain recently'

Powerful Mother's Day geomagnetic storm created radio-disrupting bubbles in Earth's upper atmosphere
By Julian Dossett published
Researchers have provided some new insights about the powerful geomagnetic storm that flared up last Mother's Day, after a big solar storm hit Earth.
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