It wouldn't take a warhead to end modern civilization just a well-placed pulse. From high-altitude nuclear detonations to coronal mass ejections from the Sun, the U.S. power grid faces threats that ...

The new power plant at INL is using fuel from a reactor that previously operated on the site. It will be cooled with salts.

Adam Sherwinski & Dave Leake teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about solar flares Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation that erupt from the surface of the Sun, often near sunspots ...

Research by university scientists suggests that solar flares may be far hotter than previously believed, offering new insights into the Sun’s behavior. The findings, recently published in the ...

Scientists from the University of St Andrews have discovered that ions in solar flares can reach scorching temperatures more than 60 million degrees—6.5 times hotter than previously believed. This ...

There are many things with spots: Dalmatians, leopards, ladybugs, overripe bananas, and guys with bald spots are all great examples. Another thing with spots is the Sun! That's right! The Sun, as it ...

Fall can be gorgeous — leaves turning, local coffee shops dusting off pumpkin spice syrup bottles, Target putting plastic jack-o’-lanterns on display earlier and earlier with every passing year. It ...

A first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence system built by Nasa in collaboration with IBM can predict violent solar storms threatening satellites and power grids two hours before they erupt from the ...

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather and technology on Earth, NASA announced this week. A new research, ...

The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather and technology on Earth, NASA announced this week. A new research, ...

After solar activity spent several decades on the decrease, the number of sunspots, flares and coronal mass ejections is once again on the increase. The sun has grown increasingly active over the past ...