New Zealand, where it was pre-dawn when the solar storm hit, was well-positioned for an aurora display. “While clouds interfered with the view, the aurora was strong despite the full moon,” Ian ...

Scientists may have explained a mystery that has puzzled us about Uranus for decades. Researchers believe that data that ...

Experts have warned of the 'dangerous' consequences that come with the sun reaching peak solar energy. NASA claimed this ...

Most CMEs and flares come from sunspots, which are massive, darker areas of intense activity on the solar surface. The sunspot cluster that caused May's storms was 17 times the size of Earth.

This activity can lead to geomagnetic storms, which, in turn, can trigger dazzling auroras visible in our night skies. An event in May happened to be the biggest solar storm observed for more than ...

Telegraph systems around the world, including New Zealand, were also impacted by a surge of electric currents. In 2001, a transformer in Dunedin was damaged in a solar storm. And five months ago ...