This week the sun released three solar flares and NASA says they were big ones. These giant explosions from the sun happened over a 24-hour period between Wednesday evening, Feb. 21, to Thursday ...

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 ...

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.

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

Solar flares are violent outbursts of electromagnetic radiation that shoot from the sun when invisible magnetic field lines at the sun's surface get twisted up until they eventually snap. These ...

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 ...

Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation that ... effects. If there was a giant solar storm now, local grids would go down but would likely be fixed within a day or two.

Normally the Aurora borealis can only be seen in parts of northwest Canada and Alaska, but the giant solar flare that erupted on Tuesday could bring the breathtaking beauty of the northern lights ...