The Cosmic Connection: How Solar Storms Are Messing With Your Health

Send us Fan Mail When most of us think about the sun, we picture a constant, reliable presence in the sky. But scientists know better. Our star is more like a temperamental toddler having regular meltdowns. These solar tantrums—technically called solar flares and coronal mass ejections—send massive waves of charged particles hurtling toward Earth at millions of miles per hour. When they slam into our planet's magnetic field, they create what scientists call geomagnetic storms. These storms mi...