In December, the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft made the closest controlled approach to the sun of any manmade object.

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission captured an X1.1-class solar flare. See time-lapse footage of the blast that caused "a strong shortwave radio blackout over South America," ...

Stars like our own Sun produce “superflares” around once every 100 years, surprising astronomers who had previously estimated that such events occurred only every 3000 to 6000 years. The result, from ...

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

Forecasts suggest that peak solar activity will make aurora borealis displays even more intense than usual in 2025. Here are ...

A powerful X1.8 solar flare erupted on January 4, 2025, and was recorded at its peak—7:48 a.m. ET—by NOAA’s Solar Ultraviolet ...

At the start of this new year, we look back at close-up pictures and solar flare data recorded by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

Heliophysics enters a pivotal year in 2025 with solar cycle activity, major missions, and a strategic research blueprint ...

The Northern Lights forecast is looking up in the wake of a series of several large solar X-ray flares, with the nights of ...

The northern lights could once again grace US skies over the coming days. A minor geomagnetic storm is projected to impact ...

The sun started 2025 with a bang as it fired off a powerful solar flare this morning.

Projections suggest auroral activity could increase in 2025 as activity on the sun’s surface maintains a “solar maximum.” ...