Sunspot region 4114 has unleashed its most powerful solar flare yet — an X1.9 class that erupted late June 19, triggering ...

On June 17, 2025, the Sun released a massive X1.2 solar flare that peaked at 5:49 p.m. ET, as confirmed by NASA’s Solar ...

Solar flares can send charged particles across vast distances and if they erupt while aimed our way, they can cause issues ...

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured the sharpest-ever images of the sun’s surface, revealing ultra-fine bright and dark stripes called striations that are caused by powerful magnetic ...

A list of the most powerful solar flares recorded since 1976 ranks today's flare at number 14, tied with a similar explosion in 1990," wrote Tony Phillips, who runs spaceweather.com, on Thursday.

Keahi Pelkum Donahue, who graduated over the weekend from Nederland Middle Senior High School, was named one of the top 300 scholars in the 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search.

The northern lights forecast for Monday, June 2, 2025, as of Sunday, June 1, 2025. (SWPC) If conditions strengthen, the aurora could appear even further south.

Solar flares and coronal mass ejections tend to occur near sunspots, dark patches as big as Earth that are located near the most intense portions of the sun’s shifting magnetic field.

The Sun typically runs on cycles that last around 11 years on average. During times of high activity, called the solar maximum, sunspots and flares are frequent.

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ANU Astrophysicist and Cosmologist Dr Brad Tucker examines a recent solar flare captured by NASA. “All these little solar flares and ejections of gas and material are relatively small on the ...

A powerful solar flare erupted from the sun Friday evening, launching a massive cloud of charged particles toward Earth that could trigger widespread aurora activity when it arrives over the ...