The SOLAR-1 satellite, operated by NOAA, has officially become operational after a nearly one million-mile journey to the Sun ...

The SOLAR-1 probe is a significant upgrade over existing research observatories and instruments that watch the Sun.

The SOLAR-1 satellite by NOAA is now fully operational after making the million-mile journey into deep space to study space ...

An artist rendering of NOAA's SOLAR-1 satellite (formerly SWFO-L1) in its final position in space orbit next to an image of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — seen as the bright flash near the center — on Nov. 6, ...

The weather on Earth can get pretty messy sometimes. But in space, it can be wild, and the effects can be far-reaching. Solar ...

A new study has uncovered a connection between solar flares—sudden outbursts of radiation from stars—and short-term weather patterns on distant Earth-like planets. Published in The Astronomical ...

The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter recently shed some new light on what causes space weather. Northumbria University physicist Stephanie Yardley and her colleagues published their work in the ...

Solar weather will likely impact the Earth’s atmosphere this weekend, including a possible geomagnetic storm that could bring aurora borealis to more states, according to the National Oceanic and ...

Calm, windless spells may drive a wind and solar shortfall lasting up to 24 days a year in China's grid, a new study warns.