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The sun is not a static, tranquil sphere of gas, but an active, turbulent star with magnetic fields that twist and snap in powerful eruptions. Among the most striking and energetic of these eruptions ...

A powerful X-class solar flare hit Earth yesterday, causing radio blackouts over the U.S. West Coast and much of the Pacific Ocean. The solar flare was spat out by a sunspot named AR3590, which has a ...

A strong solar flare peaked just after 9 a.m. Tuesday, but what does that mean? Can it be seen from Earth?Tuesday's solar flare was not the first this year or even this month. Here is more information ...

In the span of two days last week, the sun released two strong solar flares — meaning the solar system experienced its most powerful explosions which can cause some communications blackouts on Earth, ...

The sun just erupted with a powerful X-class solar flare, causing radio blackouts across the Atlantic Ocean. The flare, which hit X2.3-class in strength, was emitted at 8:40 a.m. ET from a sunspot ...

The Sun emitted two strong solar flares, peaking at 4:48 a.m. and 2:36 p.m. ET on Saturday, June 1, 2024. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured images of the ...

BOULDER, Colo. — According to the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) in Boulder, a solar flare detected on the sun Thursday was the strongest flare since the beginning of this solar cycle in 2020.

Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has discovered that a solar flare is triggered by initially weak ...

The Sun has just unleashed an M5-class solar flare, a powerful burst of radiation that signals a clear uptick in solar activity as the current cycle heads toward its peak. While this event is not the ...

Rare solar flares caused blackouts worldwide this week, and experts say this may not be the worst of it. On Tuesday and Wednesday, parts of Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and the Middle ...