After weeks of reduced activity, the sun erupted with three powerful flares on a single day. That could send solar flares ...

This investigation reveals the dangers posed by solar flares, massive eruptions from the Sun capable of disrupting life on ...

The M4.4 solar flare unleashed a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space — and Earth might just receive a glancing blow.

After more than three weeks without a powerful solar flare, the sun has suddenly ramped up its activity, firing off three ...

An active sunspot could give photographers another reason to photograph the night skies this weekend. A solar flare that hit ...

Solar flares are one aspect of what astronomers call “space weather,” or the variations in the space environment between the Earth and the sun, according to NOAA .

On April 19, NASA announced that two powerful solar flares had erupted from the Sun, on a course toward Earth. The flares peaked at 9:35 p.m. and 11:57 p.m. ET, respectively, according to ...

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They added, “AR3038 has an unstable ‘beta-gamma’ magnetic field that harbors energy for M-class solar flares, and it is directly facing Earth.” Accompanying footage from NASA’s Solar ...