The flare might just inspire a display of Northern Lights even in Illinois, Oregon, Alabama, and Northern California.

What would happen if the sun started to dim? Scientists have revealed the terrifying answer to this question, which is the subject of the upcoming science fiction blockbuster, Project Hail Mary.

Scientists have captured an exceptionally rare, high-resolution view of an active region that produced two powerful X-class ...

What’s interesting is that the sunspot that unleashed the X-class flare was a surprise discovery by NASA, as it developed rapidly, and has yet to be named. It's located above the aforementioned ...

The Sun is covered in dark patches bigger than Earth. A powerful flare has already erupted, with more likely coming.

An international team of researchers has used knowledge of historical geography to reexamine the earliest datable total solar ...

Solar scientists say 2025 could bring the most intense solar maximum in two decades, raising serious concerns about the impact on Earth’s power grids, satellites, and communication networks. As ...

For thirty years, SOHO has delivered an unprecedented, nearly unbroken view of the Sun, surviving multiple near-catastrophic ...

Perseverance's main job is Martian weather forecasting, but its routine solar scans on November 25 unexpectedly detected the ...

Solar magnetic activity, manifesting as sunspots, flares, and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), is the fundamental driver of ...

Solar flares are intense bursts of radiation resulting from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots. They are classified into different categories based on their intensity, with ...

On 2 December 1995 the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory ( SOHO ) blasted into space – on what was supposed to be a two-year mission.From ...