High-speed winds from a spot on the sun’s surface may affect Earth’s magnetic field, pulling the phenomenon further south.

A massive hole some 62 times ... to aurora over the U.S. NASA captured a photograph of the roughly 497,000-mile-wide phenomenon—an example of what physicists call a "coronal hole"—using ...

Aurora chasers are on high alert for possible geomagnetic storm conditions from March 4 to March 5. Northern lights possible ...

Forecasters said a coronal hole high-speed stream—winds from a ... s surface maintains a “solar maximum,” according to NASA. Activity is measured over 11-year periods, achieving a “solar ...

The high-speed solar wind originating from this coronal hole, imaged here on Oct. 10, 2015, by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, created a geomagnetic storm near Earth that resulted in several ...

NOAA Coronal holes form in the outermost layer of the sun when the local magnetic field opens up, allowing the solar wind to escape at a much faster rate than usual. Because of this escaping ...

A strong solar wind from a coronal hole — a dark area in the Sun's corona ... The moon is 96% illuminated on Friday, according to NASA. But don't be too disappointed. Catching a glimpse of ...

Coronal holes form when the Sun’s magnetic field ... affecting global communication systems. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and ESA’s Solar Orbiter are currently studying solar wind behavior.