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.

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 ...

In May 2024, the largest solar flare since 2017 was detected, ranking at an X-8.7 magnitude. Then in 2025, a flare May 13 was classified as an X-1.2, and another the next day was listed as an X-2. ...

The alarming solar event occurred Thursday after an active sunspot named AR 3514 erupted with a large class X.28 solar flare — the most powerful variety that the sun is capable of producing, as ...

What is a solar flare? A solar flare is a burst of radiation on the sun, according to NASA.They are the most powerful explosions in the solar system, with the biggest ones having as much energy as ...

The spacecraft, which watches Earth's parent star from 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above the planet's surface, captured the flare, classified as a medium-strength type M, on Thursday (March ...

The massive X2.7-class solar flare emerged from the sunspot region AR4087 and peaked at 4:25 a.m. EDT (0825 GMT) today (May 14), according to the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) ...

Image of the sun releasing the X-class flare from sunspot AR3354, at the top-right of the image. The flare caused radio blackouts across the western U.S. and the Pacific Ocean NASA Solar Dynamics ...

On Dec. 21, 2023, the SWPC recorded an X5 flare, which was the strongest since an X8.2 flare in 2017. Northern lights could be ramping up, and so could these strange occurrences ...

A doomsday conspiracy theory has spread on TikTok, with users claiming Earth will be hit by a huge solar flare on September 24. Videos about the imagined event have been viewed millions of times.