Visible light images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory highlight the appearance of the sun in August, with numerous sunspots on its surface (main) and stock illustration of a solar flare ...

When sunspots erupt at nearly the same time, it could be something known as "sympathetic solar flares." A double eruption ...

After causing the dazzling waves of aurora borealis this weekend, our Sun isn’t done yet: The strongest solar flare of the current solar cycle occurred Tuesday afternoon, according to the ...

An M-class flare is a fairly powerful flare, a sudden release of electromagnetic radiation from the sun that travels at the speed of light.The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

A solar flare on New Year's Eve, rated as an X-5, was the largest detected since the 2017 eclipse, when a X8.2 flare X8.2 flare occurred, according to NOAA.

Strongest solar flare of 2025 erupts from sun, sparking radio blackouts across Europe, Asia and the Middle East (video) Watch the sun unleash 600,000-mile-long eruption in fiery outburst (video) ...

The sun is getting more active as it nears solar maximum, and the Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe missions are perfectly poised to witness our star’s increasing flares and storms.

The sun hasn't spat out any flares stronger than X8.7 since September 2017, when it emitted an X11.8 and X13.3 flare within a few days of each other, according to spaceweatherlive.com. TOPICS ...

Three top-tier X-class solar flares launched off the sun between Wednesday and Thursday. The first two occurred seven hours apart, coming in at X1.9 and X1.6 magnitude respectively. The third, the ...

Three solar flares occurred over a 24-hour period this week. While we may not see them with a naked eye, they can affect Earth. Here's how.

Solar flares: Explosions of light from the sun's surface. Driven by the behavior of the sun's magnetic field, they expel extreme amounts of energy (visible light, X-rays, and beyond) into space.