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

An astrophotographer has captured an extremely rare and "difficult" photo of a solar flare exploding from the sun at the ...

NASA captured an image of the sun emitting a powerful solar flare that could interfere with technology on Earth.

A powerful solar flare caused radio blackouts in North America; a CME may graze Earth on June 18, possibly sparking auroras.

Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation from the Sun, and X-class flares are the strongest among them. An X1.2 flare, like the one recorded, is over ten times more intense than an M1-class ...

Watch a powerful X1.2 solar flare erupt from the sun, causing radio blackouts over Hawaii. More flares from unstable sunspot 4114 may follow.

After Northern Lights appeared as far south as Colorado, Live Science discusses how "cannibal" coronal mass ejections (CME) ...

Another X-class solar flare triggers US communication blackouts as the sun continues to emit intense solar flares during the solar maximum.

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 ...

It was an X-class flare — the most intense kind, NASA said. Solar flares are essentially "giant explosions on the sun" that send energy, light and high-speed particles into space, according to NASA.

A new study has uncovered a connection between solar flares—sudden outbursts of radiation from stars—and short-term weather patterns on distant Earth-like planets.

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