NEW ORLEANS — Solar sails that allow satellites to glide on the light from the sun could soon become a reality. The ...

After losing his Pacific Palisades neighborhood in the fires that swept through Los Angeles in January, Kent Tobiska, the CEO ...

Space weather. It refers to how solar eruptions affect Earth. The Earth’s magnetic field deflects most of this energy, but ...

Launched into Earth's orbit last June, GOES-19 is the newest addition to NOAA's fleet, equipped with a sensor called the ...

Geomagnetic storms also cause problems on Earth. The electric currents they create can overload power plants and cause ...

With HiT&MiS deployed in Sweden, physics Ph.D. student Charmi Patel '24 will use it to monitor the northern lights, as seen ...

Solar winds are electrically charged particles emitted from the sun that are mostly made up of protons and electrons. The sun ...

Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of ...

Buffalo weather update: 6 p.m., 2/18/25 ...

NEW ORLEANS — Scientists continue to advance the process of updating the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Space Weather Scales, with the next steps expected to be taken ...

"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.

UV resistance is perhaps the most critical factor in outdoor materials. Prolonged exposure to sunlight can cause fading, ...