NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare and X1 flare. See time ...

NASA captured an image of the sun emitting a powerful solar flare that could interfere with technology on Earth.

A new study has uncovered a connection between solar flares—sudden outbursts of radiation from stars—and short-term weather ...

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.

Solar flares and other solar activity, such as solar storms, are only expected to become more common by 2025 as the Sun reaches the height of its 11-year cycle, known as the solar maximum.

Solar flares can impact our communication systems, but the exact cause of the outage is still being investigated. News Sports Kentucky Derby Life Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

Powerful solar flares like the one witnessed on June 3 can sometimes be accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME) — an expulsion of plasma and magnetic field from the sun. When CMEs strike ...

The flare, which hit an X7.1-class in strength, is the second-strongest solar flare we have seen so far this solar cycle, and sparked shortwave radio blackouts over Hawaii and the Pacific Ocean.

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 ...

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 ...

As August 2024 set another 20-year high for sunspot numbers on the sun, recent solar flares have yet to top two solar flares from September 2017. One of these flares, which took place seven years ...

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