"They can penetrate metal on satellites, hit circuit boards, and can be carcinogenic if they hit a person in space." ...
Being a space weather forecaster, though, sounds incredibly badass. Turns out it’s also important to our daily lives, even if ...
When lightning strikes, the electrons come pouring down. In a new study, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, ...
From the internet and cellphones to weather radar and navigation tools, satellite technology is used every minute of every ...
Lightning affects both Earth's atmosphere and space. It triggers high-energy electrons in radiation belts, creating risks for ...
Space weather forecasting has improved a lot, but we still can't forecast the northern lights more than one to four days in advance.
A severe solar storm is headed to Earth that could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with major back-to-back hurricanes, space weather forecasters said Wednesday. The National Oceanic ...
The Space Weather Prediction Center on Wednesday issued a G3 geomagnetic storm watch for strong solar storms expected to peak on Friday. When abnormally strong geomagnetic storms occur ...
Ladakh's recent aurora sightings validate space weather monitoring efforts, predicting solar storms that can disrupt ...
Rice’s faculty are ready to offer their expertise in solar physics, space weather, astronaut training, Mars exploration and ...
A large bubble of plasma and magnetic field from the sun known as a coronal mass ejection (CME) is racing toward the Earth ...