Space Weather, Solar Flares & Sun Storms: Latest News

Moon photobombs the sun in wild NOAA satellite image | Space photo of the day for Aug. 27, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published 27 August 25

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) saw the moon pass almost directly in front of the sun and captured it on a coronagraph.

Reining in the sun: Venus, Earth and Jupiter may work together to reduce the risk of extreme solar storms

By Sharmila Kuthunur published 21 August 25

Tidal forces from Earth, Venus and Jupiter may help keep the sun calm, reducing the risk of powerful solar storms that threaten Earth, a new study suggests.

Northern lights may be visible in these 10 states overnight Aug. 19-20

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 19 August 25

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Washington as an incoming speedy solar wind could spark geomagnetic storm conditions overnight.

Blue Origin's 2nd New Glenn rocket launch will fly twin NASA Mars probes to space on Sep. 29

By Josh Dinner published 15 August 25

Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket will launch NASA's ESCAPADE Mars mission no earlier than (NET) Sep. 29.

Northern lights may be visible in these 18 states Aug. 8-9

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 8 August 25

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Illinois as an incoming solar storm could spark geomagnetic storm conditions overnight.

Solar eruption from Earth-facing sunspot could trigger northern lights Aug. 8 (video)

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated 6 August 25

The M4.4 solar flare unleashed a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space — and Earth might just receive a glancing blow.

3 powerful solar flares erupt in less than 24 hours, ending weeks of calm on the sun (video)

By Daisy Dobrijevic published 4 August 25

Space weather forecasters are watching for faint CMEs that could reach Earth later this week.

Space hurricanes are real — and they wreak more havoc than we thought

By Daisy Dobrijevic published 4 August 25

Space hurricanes can shake Earth's magnetic field and scramble satellites without a solar storm in sight.

Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies

By Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti published 3 August 25

Space weather imposes threats on everything from electrical grids to GPS navigation.

Russia launches satellite for Iran toward orbit alongside 2 space weather probes (photos)

By Mike Wall published 25 July 25

A Russian Soyuz rocket launched the Ionosfera-M 3 and 4 satellites, along with an Iranian spacecraft and 17 cubesats, toward orbit early Friday morning (July 25).