NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured imagery of the Sun erupting with an M8.7 and X1-class solar flare on Oct. 2, 2022.

The sun is not quite done with 2024. "Analysis is currently underway to determine if there was an associated coronal mass ejection, and any potential impacts," SWPC officials wrote in the update.

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captures sunspot AR3341 blast a powerful X1.1 solar flare. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO | edited by Steve Spaleta Music: All Parts Equal by Airae / co ...

Solar flares are colossal explosions in the sun's atmosphere that hurl out bursts of powerful radiation. These events are ...

Sunspot AR3590 unleashed X1.8 and X1.7-class solar flares within a few hours of one another. Reported were cell phone outages ...

The clearest pictures ever taken of a solar flare have been captured by the world's largest solar telescope in Hawaii.

The hottest parts of the sun are its solar flares, and a new study suggests these flares could be more than six times hotter ...

In a study published this past Monday, August 25, 2025, in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, a team of solar scientists revealed that the Inouye Solar Telescope has captured the clearest-ever images ...

Record-setting solar flare images show ultra-thin magnetic loops, a discovery that could sharpen predictions of space weather threats.

Before the Inouye Telescope, people could only imagine the sight of such scale patterns, but now scientists can finally observe them directly. This is also the first time the Inouye Telescope has ...

The observations could reshape how we understand the Sun’s magnetic architecture and improve space weather forecasting.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The sun is not quite done with 2024. Early Sunday (Dec. 29), the sun fired off a class X1.1 solar ...