During storms, the heat they create increases "density and distribution of density in the upper atmosphere, causing extra drag on satellites in low-earth orbit," the SWPC said. The local heat the ...

NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) said that the severe (G4) geomagnetic storm could affect the power grid, as well as GPS and radio blackouts and impacts on satellites. "Possible ...

How will the solar flare impact Earth? The flare has sparked S3 solar radiation storm conditions, according to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center. Storms at this level (on a scale of one to ...

NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) issued a Geomagnetic Storm Alert on Thursday after severe geomagnetic storming was observed. The SWPC rates solar storms on a five-level scale ...

GPS navigation, especially those needed during disaster relief, may be degraded, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center said Thursday. This week ...

Here's how you can watch. An incoming geomagnetic storm is expected to hit the Earth today, according to the Space Weather Prediction Center. If the storm hits at its expected strength ...

NBC Universal, Inc. The G4 magnetic storm was forecasted by the Space Weather Prediction Center of the NOAA for Thursday night into early Friday morning. G4 storms in the past have created an ...

A file photo of the northern lights and the SWPC aurora forecast map for tomorrow night (inset). A G4 geomagnetic storm is forecast to hit the Earth tomorrow. A file photo of the northern lights ...

Parts of Northern California could see the northern lights this week due to a severe geomagnetic storm predicted by the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center. Space weather forecasters at the center ...