Although astronomers still aren’t quite sure why this happens, it’s certainly observable—and recent activity definitely ...
NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captures sunspot AR3341 blast a powerful X1.1 solar flare. Credit: Space.com | footage ...
Someday an unlucky outburst from our sun could strike Earth and fry most of our electronics—and we’ve already had some ...
On March 28, Earth was hit by an X-class solar flare that was strong enough to ionize part of the planet's atmosphere. Satellites have detected a massive solar flare powerful enough to ionize part ...
A geomagnetic storm watch remains active for Monday, March 25, after increased space storm activity from a coronal mass ejection associated with the X1.1 flare was observed on March 22, according ...
On March 28, Earth was hit by an X-class solar flare that was strong enough to ionize part of the planet's atmosphere. If a solar storm as big as the Carrington Event struck today, it could lead ...
Several media outlets have incorrectly claimed that explosive solar flares were spotted during the April 8 total solar ...
What were those red objects at the bottom of the moon during Monday's total solar eclipse? Social media was shocked at the sight of a red triangle around the moon during totality last Monday, with ...
On November 8th, 2020 the Sun exploded. Well, that’s a bit dramatic (it explodes a lot) — but a particularly large sunspot named AR2781 produced a C5-class solar flare which is a medium-sized ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I cover science and innovation on this planet and beyond. A strong geomagnetic storm sent Northern Lights into skies as far south as ...
During the recent total solar eclipse, you may have glimpsed what looked like explosive solar flares bursting from the sun after its fiery corona briefly came into view. But it turns out this was ...