Flickering coronal "loops" on the Sun are warning signs of a coming solar eruption, paving the way for better space weather ...

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“In a world that is now so dependent on electricity and electronics, a similar event has the potential to cause widespread ...

Solar storms pose a rising threat to power grids, satellites, and communications. Experts call for urgent preventive measures ...

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

Researchers discover brightness fluctuations in coronal loops that could predict solar flares hours in advance.

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

"Some of the extreme ultraviolet light above active regions flickers erratically for a few hours before a solar flare," ...

For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares—intense bursts of light on the sun that can ...

During his younger days, MacPhail had five telescopes and was doing a lot of viewing from sunset to sunrise, getting by on ...

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 ...

It started as a hobby watching the night sky with a small telescope as a kid in Etobicoke. Little did Bob MacPhail, now 71 of Perry Township, know back then that his interest would grow to the ...