Introduction to Solar Flares Solar flares are spectacular, yet potentially dangerous, eruptions of energy from the Sun's ...

It’s notoriously difficult to predict when the sun will belch out a large solar flare — an explosive burst of radiation that ...

The sun is reaching a solar maximum. Here's what that could mean for Iowa and our chances to see the aurora borealis, known ...

Thankfully the sunspot responsible for this most recent X-class solar flare has not shown any signs of unleashing a more powerful coronal mass ejection. Coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, are large ...

A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary ...

Scientists have long struggled to accurately predict solar flares, but a recent breakthrough using NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has uncovered a promising new sign: flickering coronal loops. These ...

one team has identified flickering loops in the solar atmosphere (corona) that seem to signal when the sun is about to unleash a large flare. These warning signs could help NASA and other ...

Solar flares can disrupt satellite communications ... extreme ultraviolet light varied much more in the hours preceding a large nearby flare than coronal loops above non-flaring regions.

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 within the Sun's ...

Researchers have made a potentially crucial breakthrough in solar science that could help predict solar flares with greater ...

For decades, scientists have tried in vain to accurately predict solar flares — intense bursts of light on the Sun that can send a flurry of charged particles into the solar system. Now, using ...