For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares—intense bursts of light on the sun that can ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released an audio-visual representation of solar activity over the last three years, ...

The sun is at the peak of its 11-year cycle. That means an uptick in solar flares will lead to more chances to see the northern lights over the next couple of years.

As the sun geared up to spit a powerful solar flare into space, NASA scientists snapped huge loops of plasma leaping from the sun's surface. These spectacular solar structures, known as coronal ...

The Origin of the Sun's Magnetic Field Could Lie Close to Its Surface May 22, 2024 — Surprise findings suggest sunspots and solar flares could be generated by a magnetic field within the Sun's ...

"Until now, none of these flares had been assigned ... is tracking the impacts of the solar flare to determine if a coronal mass ejection (CME) was associated with it. "Analysis is currently ...

But experts now say that the planet could soon be hit by a solar flare more than 100 times more powerful and far more devastating. A solar flare is a huge explosion on the sun's surface which ...

The Sun sometimes coughs up solar flares, which occur when the star’s magnetic field twists and sends a burst of energy and ...

Three more M-class flares blasted into space today ... sunspot regions puncturing the sun’s surface right now, a harbinger of increased solar activity heading into the New Year.

Minor-to-moderate radio blackouts due to solar flare activity are also likely through Sunday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center.

Solar flares are categorized by their peak brightness ... “This year has been amazing,” Kazachenko says. “We’re now living through this solar maximum, and now we have this huge suite ...