NOAA also said this was the biggest flare of the current 11-year solar cycle, which is nearly its peak. Earth should be in the clear as the flare erupted from a part of the sun moving away from ...

Sunspot region 4114 has fired off its strongest blast yet — an X1.2-class solar flare that erupted on June 17, triggering ...

Large parts of the United States faced a radio blackout on Thursday following a strong solar flare from the sun. The "extreme ultraviolet flash" was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory ...

Solar flares, blasts of plasma gasses of solar energy might shape the short-term weather on distant planets according to a ...

The M-class flare was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection currently forecast to land Earth with a glancing blow on June 18 ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare and X1 flare. See time ...

Solar flares can affect us on Earth, and radiation from this flare caused a shortwave radio blackout. A map released by the ...

Solar flares and other solar activity, such as solar storms, are only expected to become more common by 2025 as the Sun reaches the height of its 11-year cycle, known as the solar maximum.

Solar flares measured around X1 — like the May 13 and 14 events — indicate strong flare intensity. An X10 flare is described as as a severe event, according to NOAA.

A new study has uncovered a connection between solar flares—sudden outbursts of radiation from stars—and short-term weather patterns on distant Earth-like planets.

A blazing X2.7-class solar flare erupted from sunspot AR4087 early Tuesday, hurling a scorching wave of plasma and charged particles straight at Earth. NASA/SDO.