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," ...

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 ...

Last year gave skywatchers multiple stunning sky shows, including the total solar eclipse, the return of the “devil comet,” ...

More strong solar storms are still expected throughout 2025 and potentially even into 2026, giving us a greater chance of seeing the northern lights.

The European Space Agency shows how the sun’s activity has ramped up as it careened toward "solar maximum." Data sonification brings solar flares to life through audio.

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

By historical definition, Solar Cycle 1 occurred between 1755 and 1766, placing the sun 's current cycle in Solar Cycle 25.

A festive auroral display may be put on for a lucky few when coronal mass ejections hit Earth on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

We look ahead to 2025 as the sun ramps up its activity, driven by the peak of the current solar cycle ... along with a higher likelihood of large solar flares and Earth-directed coronal mass ...

in that they fired two flares in the general direction of the residence of the Prime Minister, knowing that security personnel were in the vicinity, in a reckless or negligent manner, which was ...

X9.0 solar flare: Largest of 2024 Powerful X-class solar flares recorded Intense solar storms spark auroras worldwide ...

Between January and December 2024, the ⁤Sun produced a series of significant events, including several high-intensity flares from ... year for⁤ solar activity, characterized by a series ...