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

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 ...

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

Auroral activity is best seen between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time while at a high vantage point away from light pollution, ...

Astrophysicists Discover a Novel Method for Hunting the First Stars May 9, 2024 — A recent study has discovered ... Comprehensive List of Slow-Building Solar Flares Jan. 31, 2024 — Although ...

Solar flares are violent outbursts of electromagnetic ... For example, satellite operators lost multiple spacecraft in recent months after they were knocked out of low-Earth orbit by unforeseen ...

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

in addition to some radio blackouts through Sunday because of a recent solar flare, according to NOAA’s three-day forecast. Geomagnetic storms are disturbances in Earth’s magnetic field caused ...

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

Most X-class flares are pretty hard to miss ... animal behavior and paleontology. His recent work on the solar maximum won "best space submission" at the 2024 Aerospace Media Awards and was ...

The sun is at the peak of its 11-year cycle. That means an uptick in solar flares will lead to more chances to see the northern lights over the next couple of years.