NOAA’s space weather forecasting toolbox is about to get a major upgrade this year with the launch of a spacecraft dedicated to helping forecast impacts from the Sun, which is no easy task to begin ...

Already recognized for its excellence and even adopted for operational weather forecasting, the European Space Agency's Arctic Weather Satellite has now fulfilled its most important role. This small ...

A triple threat of spacecraft will launch later this month to study the influence of the Sun that causes space weather events on Earth and in orbit, leading to advanced warning and a better ...

Launched on 1 July 2025 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, MTG-S operates from a geostationary orbit, about 36 000 km above Earth’s surface and is able to ...

This illustration lays a depiction of the sun's magnetic fields over an image of the sun captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. On May 10, 2024, a John Deere dealer sent out a strange press ...

Space weather may feel distant, unfolding far above Earth in regions we never see, but its impacts can be surprisingly close to home.

At times the sun ejects energetic material into space which can have consequences for space-based and even ground-based electronic technology. Researchers aim to understand this phenomenon and find ...

The northern lights glowed across much of the United States last night. Is the aurora borealis returning to Ohio tonight?

NOAA space weather forecasts indicate aurora borealis visibility across parts of the northern United States tonight, driven by solar wind conditions from a solar coronal hole.

A cluster of space weather satellites blasted off Wednesday morning to cast fresh eyes on solar storms that can produce stunning auroras but also scramble communications and threaten astronauts in ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A Jan. 13 hearing underscored the importance of ongoing collaboration between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. armed services.

On May 10, 2024, a John Deere dealer sent out a strange press release. “Please be advised that there is significant solar flare and space weather activity,” it read. The company, a maker of tractors ...