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

At the start of this new year, we look back at close-up pictures and solar flare data recorded by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

As Earth completes yet another full orbit around the Sun, an encroaching storm is expected to bathe the planet in a glorious ...

The sun fired off an X1.2-class solar flare on Friday (Jan. 3), triggering radio blackouts throughout parts of the South ...

A display of auroras is expected to light up the skies on Christmas Day, thanks to a powerful M8.9 solar flare enroute to ...

Skywatchers are anticipating a possible aurora borealis for parts of the US on Dec. 25 following a solar flare that spewed a ...

The new year arrived not only with fireworks, but with displays of aurora across the world at much more southerly latitudes ...

As people around the world celebrated the New Year on December 31, the northern lights put on a colorful display to ring in ...

Some of the flares also hurtled two coronal mass ejections ... scientists have warned that we could be at higher risk for more powerful solar storms — up to G5. These bursts of electromagnetic ...

The cosmic display will be visible to the northern 25% of the US, including every state that borders Canada.

The frequency of occurrence of solar flare activity varies with the 11-year solar cycle, and as we are at a particularly ...

Solar flares are classified on a 4-class scale, and as the scale goes up in class, each flare is ten times stronger than the class beneath it. X-class flares remain in the top spot as the ...