Solar storms may cause faint auroras across fringes of the northern United States this weekend. Forecasters are also ...

Brace yourselves for a northern light show of potentially epic proportions. Some lucky stargazers in the U.S. may glimpse the aurora borealis after the sun unleashed the second-largest solar flare in ...

A sunspot on the surface of our volatile star exploded yesterday, sending an extremely powerful solar flare flashing through space towards the Earth. The flare, which hit an X7.1-class in strength ...

A huge solar flare caused a radio blackout on Earth yesterday, according to Spaceweather.com. The event, which saw a huge amount of electromagnetic radiation being slung our way by the Sun ...

Recent solar flares could bring the aurora borealis much farther south than usual, according to researchers at Southern ...

A massive solar flare exploded from our sun on Oct. 2. The flare was classified as an X-class flare which is one of the most intense types. Some residents in the U.S. could see auroras beginning ...

Solar flares are a fascinating thing and have a profound effect on what astronomers refer to as "space weather." These events ...

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 classified according to their strength, with X flares being the most powerful and rare, and with the potential to cause severe impacts to Earth. Tuesday's flare, which was ranked ...

Damage from solar flares and CMEs vary. Strong solar flares can affect satellites. Powerful CMEs, however, interact with the Earth’s magnetic fields producing geomagnetic inducing currents (GICs).

After a major x-class solar flare caused an eruption from the Sun late on Tuesday, we may be in for another spectacular display of the Northern Lights in the nights ahead. Eyes to the sky tonight ...

Sunspot AR3663 released an X4.5-class solar flare on May 6, after a series of three other X-clas solar flares in the days prior. The storm hit a G4-level severity thanks to a powerful coronal mass ...