NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captures sunspot AR3341 blast a powerful X1.1 solar flare. Credit: Space.com | footage ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an X1.1-class solar flare in multiple wavelengths. See time-lapse footage of the ...

"Some of the extreme ultraviolet light above active regions flickers erratically for a few hours before a solar flare," ...

There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of ...

Flickering coronal loops in the Sun's outer atmosphere could act as an early warning system for solar flares, according to ...

NASA finds flickering coronal loops signal solar flares, paving the way for better space weather predictions and safety ...

Solar storms pose a rising threat to power grids, satellites, and communications. Experts call for urgent preventive measures ...

A powerful X1.8 solar flare erupted on January 4, 2025, and was recorded at its peak—7:48 a.m. ET—by NOAA’s Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI). Such intense flares have the potential to disrupt Earth’s ...

The resulting ... Magnetic Field Maps of the Sun's Corona Sep. 11, 2024 — Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully producing detailed maps of the Sun's ...

For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares—intense bursts of light on the sun that can ...

While technical systems are expected to experience only moderate effects during the storm, the solar flare that triggered these CMEs caused a brief shortwave radio blackout over parts of Africa ...

The sun is not quite done with 2024. Early Sunday (Dec. 29), the sun fired off a class X1.1 solar flare, one of the most powerful types of solar explosions possible, in what may be its last major ...