As the federal government announces a rule to eliminate all lead pipes within the next decade, tests by the Water Collaborative found lead within drinking water at 88% of New Orleans homes tested. To ...

Some lucky stargazers in the U.S. may glimpse the aurora borealis after the sun unleashed the second-largest solar flare in seven years on Tuesday. This meteorological fireworks — caused by an i ...

4 (UPI) --Sky watchers across North America are anxiously anticipating what could be the most intense display of aurora borealis in decades this weekend in the wake of two major solar flares.

October 2024 started with a bang when two massive solar flares exploded from the sun's surface, sending coronal mass ejections (CME) directly towards Earth. The solar flares — given the names X7 and ...

The sun shot out two strong flares this week, including one Thursday that was the biggest since 2017. Pale auroras may be visible as far south as South Dakota, Iowa and New York — but the storms ...

A X7.1 solar flare exploded from the sun at around at around 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday (Oct. 1). At the time, it was the second most powerful flare of the current solar cycle. (Image credit: NASA/SDO) ...

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Clear lenses, however, don't block sun glare. So why are so many lens colors available? This article looks at the purpose of tinted lenses and the benefits of different colors. Tints filter light in ...

The sun has just unleashed its most powerful solar flare this cycle, a colossal X-class eruption. The X9.05 solar flare peaked at 8:10 a.m. EDT (1210 GMT), triggering shortwave radio blackouts ...

A massive solar flare exploded from our sun on Oct. 2. The flare was classified as an X-class flare which is one of the most intense types. Some residents in the U.S. could see auroras beginning ...