A solar flare is a burst of radiation on the sun, according to NASA. They are the most powerful explosions in the solar ...

Everything from Northern Lights displays to internet, TV, radio and sat-nav blackouts could be on the way in the next few days and weeks as huge solar flares send electromagnetic radiation hurtling ...

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After causing the dazzling waves of aurora borealis this weekend, our Sun isn’t done yet: The strongest solar flare of the current solar cycle occurred Tuesday afternoon, according to the ...

On Tuesday, the sun launched its largest solar flare in seven years and the largest of the ongoing 11-year solar cycle. It marks the culmination of an excessively busy period for our closest star.

This week the sun released three solar flares and NASA says they were big ones. These giant explosions from the sun happened over a 24-hour period between Wednesday evening, Feb. 21, to Thursday ...

The sun is busy these days. From sunspots and solar flares to coronal mass ejections and the aurora borealis, solar activity has been in the news recently. What's going on? The sun goes through 11 ...

Three top-tier X-class solar flares launched off the sun between Wednesday and Thursday. The first two occurred seven hours apart, coming in at X1.9 and X1.6 magnitude respectively. The third ...

Space Weather Live says the new solar flare is an X2.2. That makes it the most powerful solar flare the Sun has unleashed in the past five years. X-Class solar flares are the strongest possible.

After causing the dazzling waves of aurora borealis this weekend, our Sun isn't done yet: The strongest solar flare of the current solar cycle occurred Tuesday afternoon, according to the National ...