The sun has just unleashed its most powerful solar flare this cycle, a colossal X-class eruption. The X9.05 solar flare peaked at 8:10 a.m. EDT (1210 GMT), triggering shortwave radio blackouts ...

A X7.1 solar flare exploded from the sun at around at around 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday (Oct. 1). At the time, it was the second most powerful flare of the current solar cycle. (Image credit: NASA/SDO ...

The flare clocked in at X7.1 – the second most powerful flare of the current solar cycle, and one of the most powerful solar flares ever measured, sitting within the top 30 flares over the last ...

After a recent solar flare, residents in some northern U.S. states may be able to see the stunning northern lights this weekend. On Thursday, the sun emitted the strongest solar flare in seven ...

Aurora watchers could be in for a treat after the Sun blasted off a huge X-class flare this week. A sunspot region unleashed an X-class solar flare on Thursday (3 Oct), which are the most powerful.

The X-class solar flare — the most powerful type the sun can produce — exploded outward from sunspot AR3842 near the solar equator at around 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday (Oct. 1).The flare had a ...

NASA/SDO NASA had a busy start to October, as the agency announced that the sun emitted several major solar flares on Tuesday. On Tuesday, Oct. 1, NASA announced that its Solar Dynamics ...

Magnetic Field Maps of the Sun's Corona Sep. 11, 2024 — Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully producing detailed maps of the Sun's coronal magnetic fields.

A powerful solar flare has been hurled out of the Sun, and could cause disruption on Earth. The flare comes amid increasing solar activity that has brought a run of intense space weather in recent ...

Solar flares are classified according to their strength, with X flares being the most powerful and rare, and with the potential to cause severe impacts to Earth. Tuesday's flare, which was ranked ...