A rapidly growing sunspot has fired off at least 18 M-class and three X-class flares in just 24 hours, including an intense X8.3 eruption.

“Here comes the sun” never sounded so ominous. The sun is putting on a superheated fireworks display. Our solar system’s light source just unleashed four powerful solar flares between Feb 1 and2, ...

The flares are coming from a solar region that was created in late January.

Space weather has seen a flurry of activity this week. An explosive solar flare that erupted Tuesday, just two days after the ...

The sun is experiencing a violent solar storm, releasing one of the strongest solar flares seen in the past 30 years ...

The Sun released a strong solar flare on Tuesday, Feb. 3, following several eruptions in the preceding days, prompting ...

Scientists say this powerful surge in solar activity could set the stage for the northern lights to appear as early as ...

The flare was part of a series of three X-class solar eruptions that occurred between late February 1 and early February 2.

The X8.1 flare was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME), a significant release of plasma and magnetic field from the sun's corona. Modeling suggests that the bulk of the material from this CME ...

The Sun unleashed powerful X-class solar flares from sunspot region AR 4366, tracked by NASA and the Solar Dynamics ...

The Sun has released four powerful X-class solar flares in just two days, alarming scientists worldwide. Experts warn these ...

What Are Solar Flares? Solar flares are explosive bursts of radiation resulting from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots. They occur when magnetic fields around sunspots become ...