“Sunspots are there all the time, almost. You can see them with a small telescope,” University of Glasgow astrophysicist Hugh Hudson tells Popular Science. “Carrington was sketching the spots’ areas ...

A mesmerizing display of the Northern Lights graced much of the U.S. on Friday night courtesy of a potent solar storm. Even observers as far south as Florida reported seeing the sky painted with vivid ...

Remember the gorgeous auroras so many of us enjoyed back in May? Those are caused by intense storms on the surface of the sun, triggered by criss crossing of the sun’s magnetic fields. The most ...

A massive sunspot cluster roughly the size of the one responsible for the most powerful solar storm ever recorded has rotated into view on the sun's Earth-facing side, now pointing directly toward our ...

Worrying new simulations show that a solar storm on par with the infamous Carrington Event could potentially wipe out every single satellite orbiting our planet, leaving us in a precarious and ...

"It actually took out the telegraph system, sparks were literally flying off the telegraph lines," Becker told FOX Weather about the Carrington Event. "So you lay that on top of the internet with its ...

AR3664 is no ordinary sunspot. The behemoth dark patch on the sun's surface has ballooned in recent days, becoming one of the largest and most active sunspots seen this solar cycle. AR3664 garnered ...