ET, sunspot region 4114 released an X.12 class solar flare that caused a radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean, including ...

But now, scientists have decoded its meaning. The researchers claim the event was the most powerful solar particle storm ever known. “This event establishes a new worst-case scenario,” said ...

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NASA captured an image of the sun emitting a powerful solar flare that could interfere with technology on Earth.

According to spaceweather.com, the sunspot region 4114 released multiple flares within 24 hours, but they were in the M-class ...

Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth’s atmosphere to ...

The famous Carrington event, the most powerful on record, was not accompanied by a solar particle storm, so it is difficult to compare the two. There is a different comparison that was fundamental ...

It has now been identified as the most powerful solar particle storm known to date—a colossal space weather storm that struck Earth 14,300 years ago. This recent finding expands the timeline and ...

A strong solar storm is currently impacting Earth. The event, triggered by a major solar flare, may cause widespread auroras. Satellite and GPS interf ...

The northern lights — also called aurora borealis — could be visible in Alaska, Washington, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, ...

But these common phenomena pale in comparison to a monstrous event that inundated the planet with particles from the Sun around 14,300 years ago, identified as the strongest solar storm ever recorded ...