In the final hours of Christmas Day, the sun fired off four solar flares within less than three hours.

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 ...

Stars like our own Sun produce “superflares” around once every 100 years, surprising astronomers who had previously estimated that such events occurred only every 3000 to 6000 years. The result, from ...

Sunspots AR3664 and AR3663 have been erupting with X- and M-class solar flares. Both sunspots are Earth-facing and could potentially deliver a solar storm. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory ...

The sun is bidding farewell to 2024 with a bang—or rather several bangs. Our star produced three powerful flares on December ...

At the start of this new year, we look back at close-up pictures and solar flare data recorded by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

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

The sun fired off an X1.2-class solar flare on Friday (Jan. 3), triggering radio blackouts throughout parts of the South ...

Ohioans might be celebrating New Year's Eve with the northern lights after seeing them in May and October. See the aurora ...

An X-class solar flare erupted on December 29, 2023, sending a burst of solar energy toward Earth that may enhance auroras ...

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

The UK could face communications chaos affecting radio and electrics from powerful solar flares which have been released by ...