Solar prominences occur when the sun’s plasma, flowing along the magnetic field lines that the sun creates, forms a loop into space along the edge of the sun’s disk. When a prominence becomes ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pierced the Wednesday morning sky as it launched three spacecraft from NASA and NOAA that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on ...

The planet is experiencing the most powerful solar event since 2003—and it's bringing spectacular Northern Lights.

Earth is being hit by the strongest solar radiation storm in more than two decades, alongside a severe geomagnetic storm, ...

We talk with a NOAA scientist about the Northern Lights, and why their visibility seems to be increasing.