The X5.1-class eruption from sunspot AR4274 is this year's most powerful solar flare and Earth is in the firing line.

These CMEs are currently headed toward Earth and will likely cause strong to minor geomagnetic storms later today and ...

NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center stated that those flares were accompanied by coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that could ...

The energetic particles are currently bombarding satellites orbiting Earth, peppering their imaging systems and disrupting space-based observations.

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Increased solar activity causes auroras that dance around Earth’s poles, known as the northern lights, or aurora borealis, ...

The same region on the sun that’s responsible for this week’s stunning auroral display just erupted in another powerful solar flare early on Friday morning ...

The eruption was accompanied by a CME, which is currently under analysis to assess whether any part of it is headed for Earth ...

The sun is not a static, tranquil sphere of gas, but an active, turbulent star with magnetic fields that twist and snap in powerful eruptions. Among the most striking and energetic of these eruptions ...

WARNINGS have been issued as an ‘extreme’ solar storm hits Earth capable of power loss and radio blackouts. A ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Normally only visible much closer to the north pole, the Northern Lights have been seen as far south as New Mexico in recent years. These beautiful light shows are caused by ...

Sunspot AR4618 erupted with an M4.4-class solar flare causing a coronal mass ejection (CME) that may give Earth a glancing blow. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...