Earth just experienced a rare S4 solar radiation storm, the most intense since 2003 — powerful for satellites and astronauts, ...
Solar flares are characterized by intense bursts of energy and radiation from the Sun’s surface. In a matter of just a few ...
NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center classified the storm as S4 (severe).
Cosmic space is filled with continuous, diffuse high-energy radiation. To find out how this energy is produced, the scientists behind ESA’s Integral gamma-ray observatory have tried an unusual method: ...
When our planet and the incoming sunlight align just right, stunning phenomena such as rainbows and halos can occur. More often, sunlight—or shortwave radiation—interacts with the Earth in subtle but ...
Solar radiation storms erupt when the sun unleashes a magnetic fury, typically via a coronal mass ejection (CME).
All objects that have temperature release thermal radiation, which is electromagnetic radiation. The solar radiation spectrum is the most representative type of thermal radiation since it enters the ...