Solar flares largely go unnoticed, but that doesn't mean there aren't dangerous ones that could impact life on Earth.

Three strong solar flares occurred during the first 10 hours of Thursday, July 2. This is evidenced by data from a graph ...

Scientists are currently trying to determine if a coronal mass ejection (CME) was also launched.

A strong X-class solar flare that erupted on June 30, 2026, sent a coronal mass ejection hurtling toward Earth, and the ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA telescope ...

Earthquakes are well understood, but very hard to predict. Instead of looking at tectonic pressure or fracking, researchers in Japan have postulated a new source that could be triggering quakes: solar ...

On August 19, 2022, solar astronomers using the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) on the Hawaiian island of Maui caught the fading remnants of a C-class solar flare. Their observations showed ...

Talk about a heated situation. The sun unleashed two colossal solar flares within seven hours of each other this week, triggering radio blackouts across parts of Earth. Solar flares are strong, ...

Solar flares as a research area encompass the multidisciplinary investigation of rapid energy-release events in the solar atmosphere, focusing on their physical mechanisms, occurrence, energetics, and ...