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

Aurora chasers are on high alert for minor geomagnetic storm conditions from Jan. 24 through to Jan. 25. Northern lights ...

NASA has been tracking solar flare activity since the mid-1970s ... were right on the threshold between being rated X-class and M-class — the second-highest soflar flare category.

Solar flares are classified on a 4-class scale ... followed by the second most powerful, M-class flares, and then by C-class and the bottom class, B. Each letter that represents the class also ...

An X-class solar flare erupted on December 29 ... with one X-class flare and eight M-class flares reported. "Until now, none of these flares had been assigned the highest class X," Bogachev ...

Auroras could be seen as far south as Wyoming, Wisconsin, and New York. Expect to see more auroras in coming months now that the sun has reached peak activity. A pair of powerful geomagnetic ...

The sun has been especially active over the last 48 hours. It's released many M-class solar flares as well as an X-class flare — the most powerful type. The radiation from these flares travel at the ...