A solar flare on New Year's Eve, rated as an X-5, was the largest detected since the 2017 eclipse, when a X8.2 flare X8.2 flare occurred, according to NOAA.

A powerful burst of energy on New Year's Eve created the largest solar flare that has been detected since 2017. The event may sound serious, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

Northern lights dazzle skies around the world 03:13. The giant solar explosions of energy and light aren't over yet. Officials said on Tuesday that the sun just emitted another major solar flare ...

At 12:02 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, a massive X-class solar flare — the strongest kind — launched off the sun. It was the most intense of the sun’s current 11-year cycle, and the most ...

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 ...

Most solar flares originate from sunspots, so with more sunspots — you'll get more flares. Solar flares are categorized into flare classes, classified by the magnitude of soft X-rays observed in ...

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.

On April 8, there was just one minor C-class solar flare that ended several hours before totality began anywhere in the U.S., and it did not launch a CME, according to SpaceWeatherLive.com.

The most powerful solar flare of this solar cycle so far occurred on October 3, hitting X9.0-class in strength. Today's X9 (R3) flare was prolific, but impulsive (imagery courtesy of jhelioviewer).

Three top-tier X-class solar flares launched off the sun between Wednesday and Thursday. The first two occurred seven hours apart, coming in at X1.9 and X1.6 magnitude respectively. The third, the ...

Solar flares are closely related to another solar phenomenon called a coronal mass ejection, or CME. Where there's a flare, there's likely to be a CME, just like where there's smoke there's fire.

A high-powered solar flare erupted from the sun last week, causing a major radio blackout in Europe and Asia. The eruption happened at 3:25 a.m., meaning that the sun wasn't in the Texas sky at ...