The sun emitted another powerful solar flare Tuesday nearly one week after separate flares set in motion a severe solar storm that disrupted some technology and produced some mesmerizing northern ...

smaller Solar Cycle 24? Due to a change in flare calibration levels from 2020, you'll find two answers to this question online — but only one is correct. You may like Has the sun already passed ...

On May 13 and 14, NASA reported two separate solar flares that were ranked in the X-class, which marks the most intense flares, according to the agency. The flare on May 13 was classified as an X1 ...

The culprit? A fiery X2.7-class solar flare that erupted from sunspot AR4087 early Tuesday morning (May 14), sending charged particles and plasma hurtling toward Earth. And experts warn ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing j.thomson@newsweek.com. An unusually powerful X-class solar flare erupted from the sun's surface on Sunday, causing radio blackouts across the western ...

The sun has unleashed its most powerful solar flare in 7 years, following another supercharged explosion earlier in the week. Both outbursts have launched coronal mass ejections (CMEs) at Earth ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

This morning a very strong solar flare occurred. This flare will enhance the chances of northern lights and could cause communications disruptions. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has detected ...

You might think of a solar flare as the Sun throwing a cosmic tantrum, complete with fireworks. Their significance is not necessarily in the fiery displays they create but in how they can affect ...

These flare classes are yet to be definitively topped in the current Solar Cycle 25, despite much higher solar activity levels in general. (There have been some large flares observed behind the ...

On June 3, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured a stunning M-class solar flare—only to show most of the plume sucked back towards the star’s surface in what is technically known ...