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

The sun started 2025 with a bang as it fired off a powerful solar flare this morning.

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 ...

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

We explain this extraordinary phenomenon—and why solar flares and coronal mass ejections go together like spots on Dalmatians ...

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

"The sun has really stepped up over the past few days, with frequent solar flares including a strong X-class event!" He added: "A selection of these flares produced Earth-directed eruptions ...

Powerful eruptions from the sun are likely to interact with Earth's atmosphere on New Year's Eve, causing auroras in some ...

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 ...

Superflares, however, are much more powerful than typical solar flares, emitting up to 10,000 times more radiation. And across the cosmos, these events might occur much more frequently than ...