Northern Lights to illuminate sky in the US

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 18:09

Even as the people in the US is shivering through frigid temperatures, here`s some good news that might help take their mind off from the biting-cold wind as they will have the chance of seeing the shimmering Northern Lights Thursday.

New UK space-weather centre to track arrival of solar super-storms

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 13:25

Britain is set to have its own space-weather centre for predicting the arrival of solar " super-storms" that can trigger electricity blackouts across whole cities and knock out GPS satellites by next year.

New space weather model to improve solar storm warning system

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 12:19

A University of Michigan space weather model has been chosen to predict magnetic disturbances due to space weather.

Watch: Sun emitting its latest powerful solar flare

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 18:36

A powerful solar flare was emitted from the sun early Tuesday, the US scientists said.

Source of space weather near Earth discovered

Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 13:19

Solar storms - powerful eruptions of solar material and magnetic fields into interplanetary space - can cause what is known as "space weather" near Earth.

Space weather `implicated` for satellite failures

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 15:26

Scientists suspect that space weather may be the culprit behind some satellite failures.

India`s first space weather reading centre in Kolkata

Last Updated: Monday, January 14, 2013, 12:48

A centre of excellence specialising in reading space weather conditions to help air traffic on polar routes would come up here by the middle of this year, the first of its kind in the country.

Massive solar storm hits Earth

Last Updated: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 08:23

A monster solar storm of charged particles that erupted two days ago hit the Earth.

Fiery weather explosions detected on Venus

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 14:27

Researchers have observed a type of space weather outburst on Venus, which are quite common on Earth.

Strongest solar storm since 2005 hitting Earth

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 00:38

Space weather officials say the strongest solar storm in more than six years is bombarding Earth with radiation with more to come.

Huge solar flare slams into Earth

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 14:42

NASA has revealed that a massive solar flare that erupted on the Sun over the weekend has hit the Earth’s magnetic field at approximately 8:15 a.m. EDT on Monday, following the impact of a coronal mass ejection (CME).