A huge sun eruption combines with speedy solar wind from a "coronal hole" for a weekend aurora show, experts predict.

As a result, sunspots have constantly littered the sun's surface this year in numbers not seen for decades. These dark spots have been spitting out frequent and powerful solar storms that ...

This particular storm was also caused by coronal mass ejections (CMEs), or plasma and magnetic fields from the sun's corona moving quickly to Earth due to solar winds. Storms can last several days ...

The Sun periodically ejects huge bubbles of plasma from its surface that contain an intense magnetic field. These events are called coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. When two of these ejections collide ...

sometimes creating geomagnetic storms. Nearly one-third of CMEs interact with other CMEs or the solar wind, which is a stream of charged particles released from the outer layer of the sun.

According to NOAA, CMEs are explosions of plasma and magnetic fields from the sun’s corona which cause geometric storms when they are directed at Earth. Getty Are Solar Storms Dangerous to ...

Two giant holes in the Sun could create impactful space weather ... which can trigger Northern Lights on Earth. The SWPC rates solar storms on a five-level scale, with five being the most extreme ...

The sun ended the weekend with a bang as a ... alerts, and geomagnetic storm warnings — Solar flares: What are they and how do they affect Earth? — Coronal mass ejections: What are ...

bracing for potential impacts as the world awaits the solar storm's arrival, balancing anticipation for a celestial light show with the potential challenges posed by the Sun's turbulent behaviour.

The sun is currently at solar maximum. This means that the celestial body is at its peak activity, releasing higher levels of radiation and solar particles. It was a strong solar storm that ...

The Sun periodically ejects huge bubbles of plasma from its surface that contain an intense magnetic field. These events are called coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. When two of these ejections ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Shirsh Lata Soni, University of Michigan (THE CONVERSATION) The Sun periodically ...