told CBS News that space weather scientists refer to what happens in a solar storm as a 1-2-3 punch. The first punch is that electromagnetic radiation coming from the solar flares comes toward us ...

Because of the strength of the storm, the northern lights might be visible to many who usually don’t get to see them. NOAA’s Geomagnetic Storm Index, which indicates the magnitude of the solar ...

The planet was just slammed with what government officials dubbed a severe geomagnetic storm, the second-highest ... an event that occurs when electromagnetic radiation suddenly erupts from ...

NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center says that the potential exists for strong storm levels "if the magnetic field carried with the CME connects well with Earth's magnetosphere."Of course ...

The United States isn’t as deeply unprepared for electromagnetic threats – either from space or man-made — as it was a few years ago but a lot of work remains and awareness of the danger ...

The flare was powerful enough that it produced the strongest radiation storm since 2017, according to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC). These types of events can pose a risk of impact ...

They dubbed it 'radioflash'. The first recorded damage from an electromagnetic pulse came with the solar storm of August 1859, or the Carrington Event. It was the largest solar storm in recorded ...

The possible threat of an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP ... On the natural side, in 1989, an unexpected geomagnetic storm triggered an event on the Hydro-Québec power system that resulted in ...

Microwaves are a type of electromagnetic radiation, as are radio waves, ultraviolet radiation, X-rays and gamma-rays. Microwaves have a range of applications, including communications, radar and ...