There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of ...

Flickering coronal loops in the Sun's outer atmosphere could act as an early warning system for solar flares, according to ...

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 ...

CMEs are supercharged plasma bubbles that get hurled off into space following powerful solar flare eruptions. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!

GOES-16 is part of a fleet of NOAA and NASA spacecraft that monitor the sun continuously for solar flares and other space weather events. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches ...

Astrophysicists Discover a Novel Method for Hunting the First Stars May 9, 2024 — A recent study has discovered ... Comprehensive List of Slow-Building Solar Flares Jan. 31, 2024 — Although ...

The first CME scheduled to reach our planet on New Year's Eve is likely associated with a recent M2 solar flare. The CME left the sun on Sunday at 1 a.m. ET, according to SpaceWeatherLive.

NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) and NASA satellites have been monitoring recent activity of strong solar flares, which originate from sunspot regions. “A flurry of activity ...

ESA’s Solar Orbiter transforms solar flares into sound New way to study solar activity via audio and visuals Solar maximum ...

Solar flares are categorized by their peak brightness ... Otherwise the plasma will simply stream by, scarcely perturbing our planet. The recent activity doesn’t surprise scientists who have ...

Scientists say ... The Origin of the Sun's Magnetic Field Could Lie Close to Its Surface May 22, 2024 — Surprise findings suggest sunspots and solar flares could be generated by a magnetic field ...

The sun's most active phase, solar maximum, kicked off in 2024, allowing an unusually high number of powerful X-class flares to explode from our home star. | Credit: NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL The number ...