These superflares are similar to the solar flares we see emitted from our sun, except much more powerful, releasing thousands of times the energy of a typical solar flare. By comparison ...

A powerful X1.8 solar flare erupted on January 4, 2025, and was recorded at its peak—7:48 a.m. ET—by NOAA’s Solar Ultraviolet ...

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission captured an X1.1-class solar flare. See time-lapse footage of the blast that caused "a strong shortwave radio blackout over South America," ...

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 ...

Superflares are extremely strong solar flares – explosions with energies up to ten thousand times that of typical solar flares. Why worry? "A new study of 56,000 sun-like stars reveals that ...

Solar Cycle 25’s peak to bring more solar flares and geomagnetic storms Widespread auroras expected due to continued solar ...

The sun started 2025 with a bang as it fired off a powerful solar flare this morning. The X-class solar flare peaked at an X1.2 at 6:40 a.m. EST (1140 GMT) on Friday (Jan. 3), releasing a blast of ...

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.

The sun is not quite done with 2024. Early Sunday (Dec. 29), the sun fired off a class X1.1 solar flare, one of the most powerful types of solar explosions possible, in what may be its last major ...

This period will see an uptick in solar flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and geomagnetic storms, with far-reaching impacts on Earth’s technology and natural phenomena. Solar Cycle 25 is ...

As we approach solar maximum, the solar flares are coming faster and faster. Mostly, it means Earthbound viewers get more than our normal share of nights illuminated by the aurora. More intense ...