As the sun reaches solar maximum, Mars spacecraft are preparing to study the effects of increased radiation bombardment and how solar storms may impact future crewed missions to the Red Planet.
Northern Lights are likely to be visible in number of areas in the US, as Geomagnetic Storm Watch has been issued by NOAA s Space Weather Prediction Center.
Space weather forecasters say a powerful M-class solar flare created a high-frequency radio blackout event on Tuesday, and multiple eruptions from the Sun have prompted geomagnetic storm watches for later this week.
Aurora-like radio signals detected from a sunspot, a groundbreaking find challenging the current understanding of stellar magnetism. Read the article to learn more about this new solar mystery.