Recently, the sun has experienced intense activity, producing 18 M-class flares and three X-class flares, including the ...

The Sun has just unleashed an M5-class solar flare, a powerful burst of radiation that signals a clear uptick in solar activity as the current cycle heads toward its peak. While this event is not the ...

Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

Considered our solar system's largest explosive events, solar flares can sometimes be as strong as a billion hydrogen bombs. Those with enough energy output to rank as an X-class have the potential to ...

(NEXSTAR) — The sun, going through an active bout of Solar Cycle 25, spit out another intense flare over the weekend, bringing parts of the U.S. yet another chance at seeing the northern lights. On ...

BOULDER, Colo. — According to the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) in Boulder, a solar flare detected on the sun Thursday was the strongest flare since the beginning of this solar cycle in 2020.