Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We are currently midway through Solar Cycle 25, the 25th solar cycle since the naming convention began back with Solar Cycle 1 in ...

This was the view as a multi-colored curtain of aurora formed to the south in my sky during the great display of Northern Lights on May 10, 2024. The Kp Index peaked at 8 this night bringing the ...

On February 4, 2026, the Sun unleashed an intense X4.2 solar flare, sparking significant radio blackouts across parts of Africa and Europe. This powerful eruption was triggered by sunspot group AR4366 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sun emitted some of the most powerful solar flares this week, NASA announced. The star emitted three strong solar flares on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A spot on the sun 10 times larger than Earth has been seen ...

A strong solar flare peaked just after 9 a.m. Tuesday, but what does that mean? Can it be seen from Earth?Tuesday's solar flare was not the first this year or even this month. Here is more information ...

The Sun has entered one of its most volatile moods in years, hurling a torrent of powerful flares and charged particles into space that are now brushing past Earth. The latest eruption, a colossal X ...

Solar Orbiter captured the most detailed view of a solar flare, observing the build-up of events that lead to the explosion. Reading time 3 minutes On September 30, 2024, the Sun unleashed a powerful ...

Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has discovered that a solar flare is triggered by initially weak ...

Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has discovered that a solar flare is triggered by initially weak ...