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

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

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

The sun is at the peak of its 11-year cycle. That means an uptick in solar flares will lead to more chances to see the northern lights over the next couple of years.

One of the biggest risks of a solar flare hitting Earth is that it will have a devastating effect on the network of satellites we use to communicate, navigate, and monitor the Earth. Outside the ...

As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while ...

In what would be an unprecedented event, Earth is facing the devastating effects of a solar superflare with the force of thousands of atomic bombs. This phenomenon, which unfolds in minutes ...

"These events are so massive they kinda smack you in the face," he said. However, we cannot see them all, McIntosh added. For ...

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, ...

Two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are poised to strike Earth on Christmas Eve ... expected to experience only moderate effects during the storm, the solar flare that triggered these CMEs caused ...

An X-class solar flare erupted on December 29 ... occurred in a region potentially capable of causing geomagnetic effects on Earth.