NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare and X1 flare. See time-lapses of the flares in multiple wavelengths. Credit Space.com | footage c

The space agencies are working together to protect space infrastructure and ensure the safety of the Artemis 2 crew.

During the Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, NASA will test out a pair of new solar radiation forecasts, developed at University of Michigan Engineering, designed to protect astronauts venturing away from Earth.

Heads up, night owls and sky gawkers: Mother Nature is putting on a show. The northern lights are expected to dance across 16 states tonight, thanks to another burst of solar fireworks. A “fairly fast coronal mass ejection” spotted over the weekend prompted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center to issue a geomagnetic storm watch this week.

NOAA warns of likely G1/G2-class geomagnetic storm on Sunday, March. 29, through Monday, March 30, as a coronal mass ejection arrives amid high-speed solar wind.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sun emitted some of the most powerful solar flares this week, NASA announced. The star emitted three strong solar flares on Sunday, Feb. 1, peaking at 7:33 a.m. ET, 6:37 p.m. ET and ...

Sunspot AR4366 has been very active with several flares recorded, the biggest of them being an X8.3-class solar flare. NOAA's GOES-17 satellite captured the fireworks. Credit: Space.com | footage cour

Astronomers observed a strong X-class solar flare erupt from the Sun on Sunday night. This immediately caused high frequency radio blackouts on Earth