A blazing X2.7-class solar flare erupted from sunspot AR4087 early Tuesday, hurling a scorching wave of plasma and charged particles straight at Earth. NASA/SDO.

A research team led by Dr. Shen Jinhua from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (XAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

The flare was even bigger than a previous one that triggered May's global aurora storm. On Tuesday (July 23), Europe's Solar Orbiter (SolO) spacecraft witnessed an extremely powerful X14 class ...

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