Sunspot AR3256 erupted with an X1.2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...

Coronal mass ejections when aimed at Earth, they collide with our magnetic field within days, setting off geomagnetic storms ...

Researchers have made a potentially crucial breakthrough in solar science that could help predict solar flares with greater ...

The northern lights are best seen between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time while at a high vantage point away from light ...

Scientists have long struggled to accurately predict solar flares, but a recent breakthrough using NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has uncovered a promising new sign: flickering coronal loops. These ...

It’s notoriously difficult to predict when the sun will belch out a large solar flare — an explosive burst of radiation that ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an X1.1-class solar flare in multiple wavelengths. See time-lapse footage of the ...

A very long solar filament that had been snaking around the Sun erupted with a flourish. The bright light of a solar flare on ...

High solar activity levels have historically been linked to warmer temperatures, on average, across Earth, according to the ...

Solar material is gusting out of the dark patch in the Sun's corona towards Earth at more than a million miles per hour.

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

Another display of the northern lights could be visible this weekend in several U.S. states following a severe solar storm.