Gaia spots 55 ‘runaway’ stars blasted away from young stellar cluster at 80 times the speed of sound

Using Europe’s Gaia space telescope, astronomers have identified 55 runaway stars being ejected at high speeds from a densely packed young cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite … Read More

Solar storm bombarding Earth now may reach ‘extreme’ levels, sparking auroras down to Alabama and straining hurricane-weakened power grids

A severe solar storm sparked by an intense flare from the sun could reach “extreme” levels as it bombards Earth, officials with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) … Read More

‘Severe’ solar storm that hit Earth Thursday could be ‘global phenomenon’ with auroras as far south as California

An enormous mass of charged particles that erupted from the sun on Tuesday (Oct. 8) has slammed into Earth, triggering a “severe” G4-class geomagnetic storm. The storm is expected to … Read More