Last month, European regulators grounded thousands of Airbus jetliners, citing an unusual reason: solar radiation. The planes ...

"We know from historical observations that significantly bigger events are possible, and we need to be ready," said a ...

In short, while studies have found that clouds can magnify UV rays, it is a rare occurrence and one that requires specific ...

A rare blast from the sun has just pushed radiation in Earth’s atmosphere to levels not seen in nearly two decades, briefly ...

Illustration of how the sun's activity pushes out cosmic radiation from outside of the solar system. Also shown in the diagram are several NASA spacecraft that are far from Earth and heading out ...

Mehr Un Nisa, a postdoctoral research associate at Michigan State University and co-author of a new paper about the findings released in the journal Physical Review Letters on Aug. 3, issued a ...

A strong geomagnetic storm is forecast for Tuesday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space ...

Radiation levels at airline flight altitudes briefly reached levels that could be potentially harmful to pregnant women.

An explosion from the sun blasted radiation into space, reaching the Earth, Mars, and the moon in 2021. These particles cannot harm humans on Earth, but they may harm people in space, research shows.

While scientists have known for a century that ionizing radiation can cause cancer, modern srudies strive to uncover potential negatives of radiation across the spectrum. A corny German commercial ...

A potent follow-up solar flare, which occurred Friday (Jan. 27, 2012), just days after the Sun launched the biggest coronal mass ejection (CME) seen in nearly a decade, delivered a powerful radiation ...

Decreasing solar activity could make the journey to Mars and back riskier for astronauts, a new study warns. The sun's magnetic field acts as a barrier to high-energy galactic cosmic rays, which ...