A recent solar explosion that almost reached "X-class" status has hurled a massive coronal mass ejection toward Earth, which will likely hit our planet and trigger a geomagnetic storm on Dec. 1.

Using the world's largest solar telescope, a team of scientists has captured one of the most detailed views ever of a microflare—a small yet powerful solar explosion. The images are helping scientists ...

Stock image of a solar flare. A solar explosion triggered a radio blackout over the North Pole this week. ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS. PCA events can last from several hours to a few days ...

At least that's what experts say after recording an explosion in the extreme southwest of the Sun. On Tuesday, the sunspot AR3363 produced a solar flare as indicated by SpaceWeather.

Imagery from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite around Earth also spotted the halo of the CME as it spread out around the sun, measuring it as traveling at around 3.4 million mph.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe spots powerful magnetic explosion aimed at the sun's surface. The sun just spat out the strongest solar flares of 2025 — and more could be headed toward Earth.

A powerful solar flare, hurled into space when superhot gases erupted on the sun Sunday, might cause a display of the aurora borealis for parts of the northern United States overnight Monday night.

GREENBELT, Md. (WKRC) — As if the recent total solar eclipse wasn't enough, ... A rare nova explosion is expected to be visible for an entire week.