The culprit? A fiery X2.7-class solar flare that erupted from sunspot AR4087 early Tuesday morning (May 14), sending charged particles and plasma hurtling toward Earth. And experts warn ...

Not all solar flares are easy to see. In early March, a hidden eruption on the far side of the sun launched a massive CME that hurled right into Mercury. Images of plasma emerging from the sun's ...

Open the Youtube video The coronal material from that ejection is unlikely to hit Earth, with NASA models expecting it to hit Mercury and graze Venus. However, an M-class solar flare occurred ...

The impact is expected to spark a severe (G4-class) geomagnetic storm, raising the possibility of dazzling auroras visible ...

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 ...

Solar Orbiter was able to see "several of the flares from this monster active ... storms as they billow across interplanetary space. Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, has a much weaker ...

A series of the most intense type of solar flares, known as X-class flares, have released from the sun this week. The flares also coincided with coronal mass ejections on Tuesday. Coronal mass ...

The Origin of the Sun's Magnetic Field Could Lie Close to Its Surface May 22, 2024 — Surprise findings suggest sunspots and solar flares could be generated by a magnetic field within the Sun's ...

Rain and cloudy conditions are set to put a dampener on Monday night’s aurora australis after stargazers were wowed with a ...