The creation of the belts, and others like it in the future, are a potential new danger to astronauts and satellites headed ...

Data collected from a once-defunct NASA satellite show that Earth grew two extra radiation belts following a supercharged ...

It's a key problem that will need to be addressed if humans are to attempt deep-space, long-duration missions. Not only is radiation exposure a dangerous health risk to humans, but it also poses a ...

The sun is reaching a solar maximum. Here's what that could mean for Iowa and our chances to see the aurora borealis, known ...

A powerful solar storm in May 2024 led to the formation of two radiation belts, altering Earth's space environment.

It’s notoriously difficult to predict when the sun will belch out a large solar flare — an explosive burst of radiation that ...

The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11 years, which marks an important stage in the solar cycle. The shift in polarity marks the point at which the sun is halfway through solar maximum ...

A large team of researchers working on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Collaboration, which has been analyzing eleven years' ...

The sun is at the peak of its 11-year cycle. That means an uptick in solar flares will lead to more chances to see the northern lights over the next couple of years.

AMS observations highlight charged particle variations linked to solar cycles, impacting cosmic ray flux in the heliosphere.

Now that the agencies have determined that the sun has reached the zenith of Solar Cycle 25, sunspots located ... it creates intense bursts of radiation resulting in solar flares – considered ...