Discover what happens during a solar flare: sun eruptions, coronal mass ejection impacts, and space weather effects on Earth ...

A strong geomagnetic storm is forecast for Tuesday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space ...

The Sun unleashed its most powerful solar flare of 2025 on November 11, sending a burst of high-energy radiation speeding ...

According to a Space.com report, an X5.1 solar flare erupted from sunspot AR427 on Nov. 11, 2025. It was the strongest flare ...

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

The Sun is covered in dark patches bigger than Earth. A powerful flare has already erupted, with more likely coming.

A solar flare is a large explosion on the Sun that takes place when energy stored in 'twisted' magnetic fields, usually above sunspots, is suddenly released.

A new study led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) links quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) in solar flares to dynamic ...

A massive sunspot cluster, reminiscent of the infamous Carrington Event, has emerged on the sun's surface, sparking intrigue ...

A record-breakingly sharp image of a solar flare allowed astronomers to get a closer look into the Sun's mysterious coronal loops. Reading time 2 minutes It took astronomers a little over a year to ...

A stream of high-energy particles from a distant supernova explosion may have caused a packed passenger jet to suddenly lose ...

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 ...