Large parts of the United States faced a radio blackout on Thursday following a strong solar flare from the sun. The "extreme ...

X-class flares are the most energetic class of solar flares, with each step up in number representing a tenfold increase in ...

A powerful X-class solar flare erupted on June 19, disrupting radio signals and potentially setting the stage for geomagnetic ...

The M-class flare was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection currently forecast to land Earth with a glancing blow on June 18 ...

Sunspot region 4114 has fired off its strongest blast yet — an X1.2-class solar flare that erupted on June 17, triggering ...

Solar flares can affect us on Earth, and radiation from this flare caused a shortwave radio blackout. A map released by the ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event. The image shows a subset ...

ET, sunspot region 4114 released an X.12 class solar flare that caused a radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean, including ...

This particular flare wasn't accompanied by a geomagnetic storm that can strike Earth's magnetic field and trigger the northern lights. The sun has emitted a powerful solar flare that has the ...

According to spaceweather.com, the sunspot region 4114 released multiple flares within 24 hours, but they were in the M-class ...

The solar flare peaked at 5:49 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory said. It was an X-class flare — the ...

The spacecraft's tilted orbit will allow scientists to investigate the mechanisms behind space weather that impact crucial ...