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

Nor is this threat hypothetical since NASA astronauts have very nearly been killed by solar flares in the past. In August 1972, Earth was hit by one of the worst solar storms in recorded history ...

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

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

NOAA added that neither CME is expected to hit Earth directly ... This storm is caused by a powerful solar flare The sun has been especially active over the last 48 hours. It's released many ...

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

Solar flares are sudden bursts of radiation and ... and many of them just go out into the solar system and never hit Earth," Peter Gallagher, head of astronomy and astrophysics and director ...

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

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

In August, the number of visible sunspots on the solar surface hit a 23-year high ... we can only properly see solar flares on the side of the sun facing Earth, although some farside explosions ...

NOAA added that neither CME is expected to hit Earth directly ... It's released many M-class solar flares as well as an X-class flare — the most powerful type. The radiation from these flares ...