The sun started 2025 with a bang as it fired off a powerful solar flare this morning.

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 huge solar flare may be the last big explosion from the sun this year. The sun is not quite done with 2024.

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 ...

Sunspot AR3256 erupted with an X1.2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...

The sun recently hurled two coronal mass ejections toward Earth. The first is expected to reach us on Tuesday sparking aurora ...

On January 3, the Sun unleashed a powerful X1.2 solar flare, the first one in 2025, causing radio blackouts in parts of South ...

Sunspot AR3869 erupted with an X3.3-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks. Footage ...

Projections suggest auroral activity could increase in 2025 as activity on the sun’s surface maintains a “solar maximum.” ...

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 ...

The Sun has unleashed a set of powerful solar flare that could cause communication disruptions – and allow people to see the ...

As scientists continue to monitor the sun with missions like the ESA’s Solar Orbiter, they remain prepared for both the ...