Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...

Sunspot AR3234 blasted an X2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple wavelengths. Credit: NASA/SDO/Helio Viewer | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Mu ...

There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of ...

A Sunspot AR3873 erupted with an X1.8-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks. Footage ...

Flickering coronal loops in the Sun's outer atmosphere could act as an early warning system for solar flares, according to ...

New study reveals the potential for advance warning of powerful solar flares from the Sun, providing crucial hours to protect ...

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 Sun regularly produces solar flares, which are energetic outbursts of electromagnetic radiation. Sometimes, these flares are accompanied by plasma in events known as coronal mass ejections. Both ...

Two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are poised to strike Earth on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, sparking a minor geomagnetic storm as they interact with our planet's magnetic field. While ...

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

"The sun is doing different things that it did when we first launched." Our sun is far from the flawless orb of light we see in the sky. Spacecraft observations have long shown that, up close, the ...