The aurora borealis lights up the Arctic night skies. Also called the Northern Lights, the phenomenon is the result of beams of charged particles tracing along the Earth’s magnetic field and entering the…
At a time in the sun’s cycle when space weather experts expect less solar activity, our star is going bonkers with solar flares and coronal mass ejections. What effects will Earth feel?
A scholar of emerging immigrant destinations says that when anti-immigrant politicians bring their hateful rhetoric to those towns, locals tend to come down on the side of peace and inclusion.
The wired Earth of the 21st century is at the mercy of the volatile nature of the sun.
Our power grid infrastructure on Earth is more vulnerable to space weather than previously thought – with susceptibility in more regions and even during quiet geomagnetic periods.
Phone cameras are an example of what’s called computational photography. Digital tools built into these cameras can enhance your images in real time.
Astronomers from around the world identify their favourite images sent back to Earth by the Hubble Space Telescope.
A massive solar flare could seriously disrupt life on Earth – but new NASA missions and others in development will help monitor the Sun.
While geomagnetic storms can lead to gorgeous aurora displays, they can also damage satellites and GPS.
Space weather isn’t referring to rain clouds that float through the galaxy. Instead, it’s caused by massive explosions of particles that shoot out from the Sun.
