The huge solar flare may be the last big explosion from the sun this year. The sun is not quite done with 2024.

A powerful X1.8 solar flare erupted on January 4, 2025, and was recorded at its peak—7:48 a.m. ET—by NOAA’s Solar Ultraviolet ...

A festive auroral display may be put on for a lucky few when coronal mass ejections hit Earth on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

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In the final hours of Christmas Day, the sun fired off four solar flares within less than three hours.

Solar flares are closely related to another solar ... Wear sunscreen, kids. You never know.

Solar Cycle 25’s peak to bring more solar flares and geomagnetic storms Widespread auroras expected due to continued solar ...

The northern lights could once again grace US skies over the coming days. A minor geomagnetic storm is projected to impact Earth on Saturday and Sunday following the effects of a recent coronal mass ...

The UK could face communications chaos affecting radio and electrics from powerful solar flares which have been released by ...

Our sun is far from the flawless orb of light we see in the sky. Spacecraft observations have long shown that, up close, the "surface" of our star rumbles with powerful eddies and is dotted with fiery ...

Earth was hit by a coronal mass ejection last night, triggering a G1 geomagnetic storm and displays of the Northern Lights.