A giant, hyperactive sunspot that unleashed three X-class solar flares in less than 24 hours last week has continued to swell and is now pointed right at Earth. A period of unsettling quiet ...

This is the highest burst to be detected since 2008 by NASA satellites A giant flare that swept through the solar system in April sent scientists on investigation deep into space to uncover the ...

Social media was shocked at the sight of a red triangle around the moon during totality last Monday, with even mainstream media outlets reporting that a "solar flare" was seen. Over 40 million ...

The recent solar flare clocked in at M4.8 according to Spaceweather.com. Related: Astrophotographer captures stunning of ...

The Sun’s activity cycle continues to stir things up, as our star recently unleashed a massive X-class solar flare that was strong enough to cause radio blackouts across the south Pacific.

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

Carbon-14 is produced when high-energy radiation, typically from a supernova explosion or giant solar flare, reacts with nitrogen and oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere. Miyake tells Richard A.

The Origin of the Sun's Magnetic Field Could Lie Close to Its Surface May 22, 2024 — Surprise findings suggest sunspots and solar flares could be generated by a magnetic field within the Sun's ...

Well, that’s a bit dramatic (it explodes a lot) — but a particularly large sunspot named AR2781 produced a C5-class solar flare ... (or even higher for giant X flares). So a C5 is just about ...

Predicting these solar storms has always been tricky. But a recent study led by Sabrina Guastavino from the University of ...