Blackout A huge solar flare caused a radio blackout on Earth yesterday, according to Spaceweather.com. The event, caused by ...

On Oct. 3, the sun released the most powerful solar flare this solar cycle, a colossal X9.05 eruption — and it's heading for ...

While the storm could pose a threat to fragile electric systems, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the ...

A huge 'solar flare' is set to hit Earth later this week after an eruption on Tuesday evening (1 October) that took place on ...

An explosion happened on the sun Oct. 3, 2024, producing the most powerful solar flare since 2017 and kicking off a series of ...

The X7.1-class flare is the second-most powerful this solar cycle—and an associated eruption could cause aurora in the coming days.

A solar flare erupted from a sunspot Tuesday night and is now considered the second strongest of the current solar cycle.

Authorities predict that states as far south as Oregon and Illinois will be able to see auroras, after a powerful solar flare was spotted on the sun earlier this week. NASA reports that the ...

When these storms interact with atmospheric gases over the magnetic poles, they create a beautiful display of lights in the sky. While common in countries like Norway and Iceland, it's a much rarer ...

Solar flares do not cause the Northern Lights. They are caused by a phenomenon called coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that ...

NASA has confirmed that the huge flare has also led to a massive expulsion of solar plasma and high energy particles (a ...

The X9.0 flare takes the crown from the previous strongest flare of Solar Cycle 25, which was an X8.7 flare on May 14.