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

The shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

This is the first evidence for a white dwarf exploding not once, but twice. The discovery could shed new light on how some ...

On June 15th, a significant M8.46 solar flare from sunspot region AR 4114 caused shortwave radio blackouts, particularly affecting the Americas. NOAA classified it as an R2 event, impacting ...

Ancient supernovas may have blasted Earth with powerful radiation, causing dramatic changes in our climate, and could do so again, posing a threat to life.

Solar flares measured around X1 — like the May 13 and 14 events — indicate strong flare intensity. An X10 flare is described as as a severe event, according to NOAA.

Solar flares are intense bursts of radiation coming from the sun. They are the most powerful explosions in our solar system, according to NASA. The biggest solar flares are labeled as X-class flares.

Space The sun may spit out giant solar flares more often than we thought A survey of more than 56,000 sun-like stars reveals that “superflares” that are linked to bursts of radiation which ...

On Oct. 3, the sun released the most powerful solar flare this solar cycle, a colossal X9.05 eruption — and it's heading for Earth.

A gargantuan solar flare detected being flung out of the sun on July 23 reached an X14 class, making it the strongest flare of this solar cycle so far. Thankfully for us, the flare emerged from ...

These are the biggest flares that we’ve had in over 20 years. We’re at a solar maximum which means that this is not going to end anytime soon and it’s only going to get more intense. “ ...

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.