(PhysOrg.com) -- The amount of air pollutants in the atmospheric plume generated by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was similar to a large city according to a new NOAA-led study published today in a ...

NOAA is forecasting a G1-class geomagnetic storm on Monday, Feb. 23, through Tuesday, Feb. 24, with the aurora borealis ...

An intense solar storm has the northern lights gracing the skies farther south than usual. A blast of superhot material from the sun late last week hurled scorching gases known as plasma toward Earth ...

Solar Cycle 25 has reached its most active phase, bringing stronger solar flares and geomagnetic storms that may affect Earth’s technology.

A spectacular celestial display could light up the night sky this Sunday, as the northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, may be visible from parts of the northern United States. According ...

The aurora borealis will light up the night sky across several states in the U.S. on Tuesday, May 27 Hasan Akbas /Anadolu via Getty Northern lights are forecast to shine above several areas across the ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

A solar storm is a catchall term that describes any disturbance in the sun that involves the violent ejection of solar material into space. This can come in the form of coronal mass ejections, where ...

A burst of solar activity in early February 2026 sent high-speed plasma streaming past Earth, triggering geomagnetic ...