Like the number of sunspots, the occurrence of solar flares follows the approximately 11-year solar cycle. But as the current Solar Cycle 25 approaches its peak, how are the number of solar flares ...

Earthlings have reported spotting solar flares during Monday's total eclipse. The sun on Monday was expected to be at the height of its activity during its 11 year solar cycle also known as its ...

A colossal solar storm just blasted Earth, causing radio blackouts across five continents — and experts warn this fiery space weather may only be the beginning.

A powerful burst of energy on New Year's Eve created the largest solar flare that has been detected since 2017, but scientists say not to be alarmed.

The biggest solar flare since 2017 just launched off the sun Energy from the eruption could cause minor geomagnetic storming on Earth and the northern lights in the ...

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 – and that it's the strongest one so far in the ...

On Tuesday, the sun launched its largest solar flare in seven years and the largest of the ongoing 11-year solar cycle. It marks the culmination of an excessively busy period for our closest star.

The sun spit out the largest solar flare in more than a decade on Tuesday, though after a week of being pummeled by plasma, the Earth could be in the clear this time.

We explain this extraordinary phenomenon—and why solar flares and coronal mass ejections go together like spots on Dalmatians.

Watch a wild ‘failed eruption’ solar flare NASA video shows how the sun’s gravitational pull is often too strong to escape. By Andrew Paul Published Jun 4, 2024 11:11 AM EDT ...

Several media outlets have incorrectly claimed that explosive solar flares were spotted during the April 8 total solar eclipse. But there were no flares during totality, so what did people see?

Stock image of a solar flare (main) and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory image of the X3.3-class flare (inset). This flare triggered radio blackouts across the Asia-Pacific region.