NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captures sunspot AR3341 blast a powerful X1.1 solar flare. Credit: Space.com | footage ...

The M-class flare was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection currently forecast to land Earth with a glancing blow on June 18 ...

The two institutes revealed in a statement broadcast by Russia Today that 17 solar flares occurred yesterday and today, July 11 and 12. They noted that solar flare activity this month has increased by ...

Large parts of the United States faced a radio blackout on Thursday following a strong solar flare from the sun. The "extreme ultraviolet flash" was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory ...

Sunspot region 4114 has fired off its strongest blast yet — an X1.2-class solar flare that erupted on June 17, triggering ...

Solar flares can affect us on Earth, and radiation from this flare caused a shortwave radio blackout. A map released by the ...

During its flyby, Parker snapped some amazing close-up images of the Sun, which NASA finally released to the public yesterday ...

NOAA also said this was the biggest flare of the current 11-year solar cycle, which is nearly its peak. Earth should be in the clear as the flare erupted from a part of the sun moving away from ...

A blazing X2.7-class solar flare erupted from sunspot AR4087 early Tuesday, hurling a scorching wave of plasma and charged particles straight at Earth. NASA/SDO.

Fortunately, Sunday's solar flare didn't come close to that 2003 output. But the flare, rated as an X-5, was the strongest to be observed since Sept. 10, 2017 when an X8.2 flare occurred, ...

Solar flares measured around X1 — like the May 13 and 14 events — indicate strong flare intensity. An X10 flare is described as as a severe event, according to NOAA.