"Some of the extreme ultraviolet light above active regions flickers erratically for a few hours before a solar flare," ...

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission captured an X1.1-class solar flare. See time-lapse footage of the ...

Flickering coronal loops in the Sun's outer atmosphere could act as an early warning system for solar flares, according to ...

Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation from the sun that can have significant effects on space weather, impacting satellite operations, communication systems, and even power grids on Earth.

Sunspot AR3256 erupted with an X1.2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO | edited by Stev ...

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

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 X1.2 at 6:40 a.m. EST (1140 GMT) on Friday (Jan. 3), releasing a blast of ...

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

Solar flares are violent outbursts of electromagnetic radiation that shoot from the sun when invisible magnetic field lines at the sun's surface get twisted up until they eventually snap. These ...

An image of the sun produced by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, capturing a solar flare from the sun's western limb on Sept. 12, 2024. | Credit: NASA/SDO Shining loops of plasma on the surface ...