For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares—intense bursts of light on the sun that can ...

There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of ...

The European Space Agency has released an audio-visual representation of solar activity over the last three years, using data ...

ESA’s Solar Orbiter transforms solar flares into sound New way to study solar activity via audio and visuals Solar maximum ...

As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while ...

A powerful X1.8 solar flare erupted on January 4, 2025, and was recorded at its peak—7:48 a.m. ET—by NOAA’s Solar Ultraviolet ...

On January 3, the Sun unleashed a powerful X1.2 solar flare, the first one in 2025, causing radio blackouts in parts of South ...

The sun started 2025 with a bang as it fired off a powerful solar flare this morning. The X-class solar flare peaked at an X1 ...

The sun recently hurled two coronal mass ejections toward Earth. The first is expected to reach us on Tuesday sparking aurora ...

The northern lights could once again grace US skies over the coming days. A minor geomagnetic storm is projected to impact ...

As we approach solar maximum, the solar flares are coming faster and faster. Mostly, it means Earthbound viewers get more than our normal share of nights illuminated by the aurora. More intense ...

While technical systems are expected to experience only moderate effects during the storm, the solar flare that triggered these CMEs caused a brief shortwave radio blackout over parts of Africa ...