Unexpected solar activity caused Binar satellites to re-enter early, illustrating challenges of solar weather in low orbit.

Unpredictable solar activity is causing satellites to fall to Earth. Intense solar phenomena contributed to the premature end ...

Life on Earth has faced catastrophic events before, but certain extinction-level threats could completely erase humanity.

Sunspots captured astronomers' interest, and with the expanding availability and quality of telescopes, were closely tracked until 1645. Despite huge interest in them, astronomers could find no ...

This is a time when the sun puts out the most solar flares and has the most average sunspots on its surface in its ...

Intense Solar Flares in Recent Times: What Are They, Why Do They Occur, and What Are Their Effects? What is a Solar Flare?

Solar flares are giant explosions that occur in a localized regions of the sun's atmosphere, typically originating from sunspots.