The M-class flare was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection currently forecast to land Earth with a glancing blow on June 18 ...

Sunspot region 4114 has fired off its strongest blast yet — an X1.2-class solar flare that erupted on June 17, triggering ...

Solar flares, blasts of plasma gasses of solar energy might shape the short-term weather on distant planets according to a ...

When sunspots erupt at nearly the same time, it could be something known as "sympathetic solar flares." A double eruption ...

Solar flares can affect us on Earth, and radiation from this flare caused a shortwave radio blackout. A map released by the ...

Anew sunspot is putting on a spectacular show in our solar system, capturing the attention of astronomers and ...

Pictures of the International Space Station as it passes in front of the Sun or Moon are a bit of a feather in the cap of ...

No CME, but still troubling radio systems and other communications Unlike some previous eruptions, this solar flare was not accompanied by a coronal mass ejection or CME.

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For decades, scientists have struggled to see the outermost layer of the Sun, called the corona, with enough detail to unlock ...

Solar flare eruptions are associated with solar coronal mass ejections, which occur when plasma from the sun embeds with the magnetic field surrounding Earth, NOAA explains.

The energy from solar flares can be disruptive, NASA says on its website. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids and navigation signals. They also can ...