ALBERTA, Canada - A huge solar flare from the sun sparked a beautiful, eerie glow over parts of the world on Halloween, treating some onlookers to a supercharged northern lights show. The ...

A solar flare on New Year's Eve, rated as an X-5, was the largest detected since the 2017 eclipse, when a X8.2 flare X8.2 flare occurred, according to NOAA.

Solar flares are intense bursts of radiation that form in areas where loops of magnetic field curl ... Cooler areas around their entry and exit points appear as dark sunspots amid the ...

After causing the dazzling waves of aurora borealis this weekend, our Sun isn’t done yet: The strongest solar flare of the current solar cycle occurred Tuesday afternoon, according to the ...

A powerful burst of energy on New Year's Eve created the largest solar flare that has been detected since 2017, but scientists say not to be alarmed.

At 12:02 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, a massive X-class solar flare — the strongest kind — launched off the sun. It was the most intense of the sun’s current 11-year cycle, and the most ...

A high-powered solar flare erupted from the sun last week, causing a major radio blackout in Europe and Asia. The eruption happened at 3:25 a.m., meaning that the sun wasn't in the Texas sky at ...

A new sunspot forming on the surface of the sun might be about to fling solar flares in our direction. The sunspot, named 3856, is facing Earth and has developed a volatile type of magnetic field ...

Solar flares are measured on a scale of A, B, C, M and X, with each class being 10 times more powerful than the previous. The most powerful solar flare of this solar cycle—of which we are ...

On Tuesday, the sun launched its largest solar flare in seven years and the largest of the ongoing 11-year solar cycle. It marks the culmination of an excessively busy period for our closest star.

In the meantime, it’s still wild to see events like Monday’s solar flare in such detail—and thankfully at such a distance. More deals, reviews, and buying guides.