The partial solar eclipse of March 2025 did not disappoint as observers turned their eyes and cameras to the sky.

After an X-class solar flare erupted, shortwave radio blackouts were detected across the Americas — the sunlit side of Earth at the time. These disruptions, common during intense solar activity, occur ...

On Saturday (March 29) around midday, a large portion of the Northern Hemisphere's population will be able to see a partial ...

Space weather may sound like a term plucked from the realm of science fiction, but it is a very real and potentially ...

Solar flares and solar wind sound similar but there are some very key differences between the two since they are very different phenomena. First, solar flares are the sudden, localized eruption of ...

For years the focus of the research that went into making solar cells was on decreasing their size and making them transparent. This would allow them to be used in place of glass or clear plastic.

Solar flares are bursts of radiation from the sun’s surface, sometimes followed by a bubble of magnetized plasma particles called a coronal mass ejection (CME). If they happen to spray out in ...

An international team, including an Oregon State University astrophysicist, has confirmed a 19-year-old theory on solar flare formation by observing “slip-running” reconnections of the sun’s magnetic ...

Aditya-L1’s SUIT detects a solar flare kernel in near-UV for the first Observations confirm energy transfer across different solar layers Findings published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters ...

The sun also produces powerful solar flares and coronal mass ejections that trigger geomagnetic storms, which lead to northern lights here on Earth. This year's solar maximum is expected to be ...

Serbian opposition lawmakers lit flares and set off suspected tear gas grenades in parliament on Tuesday in support of ongoing anti-corruption protests, with several lawmakers injured during the melee ...