As the sun geared up to spit a powerful solar flare into space, NASA scientists snapped huge loops of plasma leaping from the sun's surface. These spectacular solar structures, known as coronal ...

Social media was shocked at the sight of a red triangle around the moon during totality last Monday, with even mainstream media outlets reporting that a "solar flare" was seen. Over 40 million ...

A new sunspot forming on the surface of the sun might be about to fling solar flares in our direction. The sunspot, named ...

Solar flares are violent outbursts of electromagnetic radiation that shoot from the sun when invisible magnetic field lines at the sun's surface get twisted up until they eventually snap. These ...

Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. The most powerful solar flare seen in nearly twenty years and the strongest of the current solar cycle erupted from our local ...

The Sun’s activity cycle continues to stir things up, as our star recently unleashed a massive X-class solar flare that was strong enough to cause radio blackouts across the south Pacific.

Scientists believe they’ve found a potential way to predict solar flares. Using NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, a team has identified early warning signs of solar flares. This could protect ...

Another geomagnetic storm means another chance for some lucky Americans to witness the northern lights this week after the second largest solar flare of the current cycle was observed Tuesday.