NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captures sunspot AR3341 blast a powerful X1.1 solar flare. Credit: Space.com | footage ...

Sunspot AR3256 erupted with an X1.2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...

Our planet was rocked by some of the worst geomagnetic storms in more than 20 years. Triggered by a slew of solar flares, the ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the event, which could cause a series of radio and satellite blackouts across the U.S., according to NASA. Solar flares are powerful bursts of ...

Watch footage of the Sun unleashing an X1.2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple wavelengths. Footage courtesy: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI ...

Beautiful yet dangerous solar flares that erupt from the sun could be as hot as 180 million degrees Fahrenheit, researchers say. That's more than six times hotter than solar physicists previously ...

Researchers have identified a newly recognized type of extremely energetic particles located in the Sun’s upper atmosphere, revealing a phenomenon that had not been detected before. Solar scientists r ...

Researchers followed a single solar hotspot for 3 months as it unleashed nearly 1,000 flares, revealing insights about our Sun's fury.

Scientists observed a single solar active region continuously for 94 days, revealing how magnetic fields grow and trigger ...

Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth’s nearest star produces its most ...

Scientists tracked active solar region NOAA 13664 for 94 days, showing how persistent magnetic complexity drives flares and ...

NASA recently launched a probe that’s designed to do nothing but study the sun — and it’s found new ways of helping scientists observe “violent solar events.” Which could be useful for predicting mega ...