Flickering coronal loops in the Sun's outer atmosphere could act as an early warning system for solar flares, according to ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released an audio-visual representation of solar activity over the last three years, ...

There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of ...

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

But solar activity may not be the only reason the ... This means we could historically have missed up to a further 15% of the sun's X-class flares, McIntosh said. However, over the last few ...

The aurora is expected to be bright and visible in multiple northern U.S. states Oct. 3 through Oct. 5 as well as from the ...

Stars like our own Sun produce “superflares” around once every 100 years, surprising astronomers who had previously estimated ...

A powerful X1.8 solar flare erupted on January 4, 2025, and was recorded at its peak—7:48 a.m. ET—by NOAA’s Solar Ultraviolet ...

As the sun geared up to spit a powerful solar flare into space, NASA scientists snapped huge loops of plasma leaping from the sun's surface. These spectacular solar structures, known as coronal ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe could solve the mysteries of the solar wind and test Einstein’s theory of relativity.

ESA’s Solar Orbiter transforms solar flares into sound New way to study solar activity via audio and visuals Solar maximum ...

The Sun sometimes coughs up solar flares, which occur when the star’s magnetic field twists and sends a burst of energy and ...