After a calm week, the sun erupted again. A powerful M5.1 solar flare burst from an emerging sunspot region, shaking the ...

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

“It’s a milestone in solar physics,” said Ioannis Kontogiannis, a solar physicist at the Swiss Federal Institute of ...

An international team of researchers tracked the active solar region using the Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint NASA and ...

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

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 ...

Have you ever seen a coronal mass ejection? It’s the eruption of plasma during a solar flare, and new video captured one powerful eruption in stunning detail. A solar flare is usually the genesis of a ...

Solar wind speeds remain elevated as an incoming coronal mass ejection approaches Earth, with forecasts indicating increased ...

With the Sun still in an active phase there could be more spectacular Northern light displays in the year ahead.

A geomagnetic storm watch has been issued after a powerful solar flare over the weekend. The solar flare peaked at 9:49 p.m. EST on Sunday, November 30, said NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which ...

The sun may be coming out of its slumber at long last. On Friday morning (May 29), our star fired off its strongest flare since October 2017, an eruption spotted by NASA's sun-watching Solar Dynamics ...

Pocket AVIA/RAD-ALERT warns of solar flare neutrons and radiation and Terrestrial Gamma Bursts, both of which may pose hazard to passengers, crews, and avionics This pocket unit provides real-time ...