Introduction to Solar Flares Solar flares are spectacular, yet potentially dangerous, eruptions of energy from the Sun's ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an X1.1-class solar flare in multiple wavelengths. See time-lapse footage of the blast that caused "a strong shortwave radio blackout over South America," ...

Social media was shocked at the sight of a red triangle around the moon during totality last Monday, with even mainstream media outlets reporting that a "solar flare" was seen. Over 40 million ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. As the sun geared up to spit a powerful solar flare into space, NASA scientists snapped huge loops of plasma leaping from the sun ...

The Origin of the Sun's Magnetic Field Could Lie Close to Its Surface May 22, 2024 — Surprise findings suggest sunspots and solar flares could be generated by a magnetic field within the Sun's ...

Intense solar flares—sudden bursts of electromagnetic radiation from the Sun—can shoot out hazardous levels of energy strong enough to reach Earth’s atmosphere. Predicting solar flares, ...

The Sun’s activity cycle continues to stir things up, as our star recently unleashed a massive X-class solar flare that was strong enough to cause radio blackouts across the south Pacific.

Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. The most powerful solar flare seen in nearly twenty years and the strongest of the current solar cycle erupted from our local ...

Flickering, invisible “loops” in the sun’s atmosphere appear to warn of larger solar flares to come, a new analysis finds. The discovery could help scientists better predict space weather ...

As a result, the space agency says that solar flares will increase over the next few years. And that it could cause some problems for Earth throughout 2025. Of course, it isn’t all that ...

Well, that’s a bit dramatic (it explodes a lot) — but a particularly large sunspot named AR2781 produced a C5-class solar flare which is a medium-sized explosion even for the Sun. Flares range ...

The Sun regularly produces solar flares, which are energetic outbursts of electromagnetic radiation. Sometimes, these flares are accompanied by plasma in events known as coronal mass ejections. Both ...