Fired from a vast sunspot, the "coronal mass ejection" is expected to reach Earth on either Thursday or Friday this week.

The sun has just fired off an eruption so intense it ranks among the most powerful solar flares seen in three decades, a jolt of energy that has put space weather forecasters and power grid operators ...

An impulsive X4.2 solar flare sparked strong radio blackouts across Africa and Europe as the giant sunspot continues to rage.

Space weather has seen a flurry of activity this week. An explosive solar flare that erupted Tuesday, just two days after the ...

Sun Region 4366 has produced dozens of solar flares since Jan. 30, "putting on quite a show," says Slooh President and ...

The sun is experiencing a violent solar storm, releasing one of the strongest solar flares seen in the past 30 years ...

An X-class solar flare has produced an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, increasing solar activity and raising the likelihood of geomagnetic impacts within 24 hours.

The sun has continued to release X-class solar flares this week, but northern lights chances haven't increased. Here's why.

"This is one of the most exciting results from Solar Orbiter so far." ...

The Sun has unleashed a quartet of strong solar flares, which could herald a wild week of space weather. It all kicked off at 12:33 UTC on February 1, when the Sun fired off an X1.0 flare. About 11 ...

Dr. Athiray Panchapakesan at UAH leads a $1.27M NASA-backed mission to study solar flares' impact on Earth, aiming to improve ...

A newly active area on the sun is responsible for dozens of eruptions known as solar flares, including back-to-back X-class ...