Superflares are extremely strong solar flares -- explosions with energies up to ten thousand times that of typical solar ...

We are quickly approaching the most active part of the Sun's 11-year cycle. Our star is flinging a barrage of charged streams ...

NASA’s eclipse experiments reveal the Sun’s effects on the atmosphere and ionosphere, as well as corona structure changes.

SpaceX's Starship—the largest and most powerful rocket ever built—exploded just four minutes after liftoff from its Boca ...

A solar flare is heading toward Earth, causing potential radio blackouts, especially for aviation and emergency services.

NASA has made a huge discovery: the ambipolar field, an invisible electric field around Earth that could reshape our understanding of our planet.

A cutting-edge study has uncovered crucial new insights into the effects of equatorial plasma bubbles (EPBs) on aircraft navigation systems, shedding ...

Modern-day farming is a high-tech operation highly dependent on GPS-guided tractors revolutionizing the way crops are planted, fertilized and harvested. But on May 10, 2024, that system came under ...

The director of NASA’s heliophysics division is cautiously optimistic that a major mission targeted for cancellation in the agency’s budget proposal will be saved.

When the sun flares up, its energy interacts with the ionosphere and the atmosphere in powerful ways. When solar flares or ...

During the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse, scientists observed the ionosphere — a charged layer in Earth’s upper atmosphere — rising in altitude during the eclipse.