Sunspot 3912 erupted with an X2-class solar flare.NOAA's GOES-R satellite captures footage of the blast in multiple ...

Earthlings have reported spotting solar flares during Monday's total eclipse. The sun on Monday was expected to be at the height of its activity during its 11 year solar cycle also known as its ...

Some exoplanets in their stars' habitable zones may be distinctly uninhabitable due to solar flaring. Red dwarfs are known ...

The biggest solar flare since 2017 just launched off the sun Energy from the eruption could cause minor geomagnetic storming on Earth and the northern lights in the ...

On Tuesday, the sun launched its largest solar flare in seven years and the largest of the ongoing 11-year solar cycle. It marks the culmination of an excessively busy period for our closest star.

The sun emitted a powerful solar flare days after separate flares produced a geomagnetic storm that disrupted technology and revealed the northern lights.

Watch a wild ‘failed eruption’ solar flare NASA video shows how the sun’s gravitational pull is often too strong to escape. By Andrew Paul Published Jun 4, 2024 11:11 AM EDT ...

Stock image of a solar flare (main) and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory image of the X3.3-class flare (inset). This flare triggered radio blackouts across the Asia-Pacific region.

This week, the sun let out a powerful solar flare - the most powerful since 2017, and among the most powerful recorded to date.

Solar flares are intense bursts of radiation coming from the sun. They are the most powerful explosions in our solar system, according to NASA. The biggest solar flares are labeled as X-class flares.

At an X5, Sunday’s flare was much smaller than the flare recorded in 2003. It was, however, the strongest since September 2017, when an X8.2 flare was detected, according to the SWPC.

The giant solar explosions of energy and light aren't over yet. Officials said on Tuesday that the sun just emitted another major solar flare – and that it's the strongest one so far in the ...