What's the difference between a solar flare and a coronal mass ejection? And how do they lead to auroras?

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission captured an X1.1-class solar flare. See time-lapse footage of the ...

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...

Joy Moses-Hall teaches physics and astronomy at Pitt Community College. She has a Ph.D. in oceanography and is the author of ...

Another display of the northern lights could be visible this weekend in several U.S. states following a severe solar storm.

The aurora borealis is back and is expected to be visible in more than 10 states. See which states will have the best views.

The colorful northern lights may reveal themselves to South Dakotans Friday night due to an impending solar storm forecast to ...

Flickering coronal "loops" on the Sun are warning signs of a coming solar eruption, paving the way for better space weather ...

Northern Michigan will have a low chance of viewing the northern lights Saturday night, with a G1 minor solar storm expected, ...

Have you hoped to see the northern lights shine over Iowa? You may have a chance tonight if you head far enough north.