A erupted with M1 and M6 class solar flares. Watch the fireworks in these views from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

A powerful X-class solar flare hit Earth yesterday, causing radio blackouts over the U.S. West Coast and much of the Pacific Ocean. The solar flare was spat out by a sunspot named AR3590 ...

The presence of free electrons in the flow field has been known to hinder the transmission and reception of radio-waves. Historically ... the more common re-entry vehicles will only undergo blackout ...

12 at 6:40 a.m. EST (1140 GMT) on Friday (Jan. 3), releasing a blast of energy from a sunspot region known as AR 3947 and triggering a radio blackout event for parts of the Southern Atlantic ...

It originated from the sunspot region AR 3947, according to NASA. The burst of energy from the solar flare caused radio blackouts in portions of the Southern Atlantic, Africa, and eastern South ...

you would have noticed since the flare caused a 20-minute-long radio blackout at those frequencies. According to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, the sunspot has the energy to produce M ...

Minor-to-moderate radio blackouts due to solar flare activity are also likely through Sunday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center.

An X1.1-class solar flare on Dec 29 disrupted Earth's radio systems Solar Cycle 25 activity exceeds forecasts, with ongoing intense solar eve A possible CME may boost northern lights during New Year ...

The energy then hit Earth a couple of days later, creating strong radio blackouts on the sunlit side of the planet. The previously largest recorded solar flare since 2017 was also an X8.2 and ...

Effects are likely to linger through the weekend. On Friday there were already reports of radio blackouts across Africa, Europe and Asia. SWPC says frequent and longer periods of GPS degradation ...

The Sun has unleashed an intense solar flare, sparking radio blackouts in several parts of Asia and Australia. According to the US Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), the solar flare peaked ...

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 ...