Solar Orbiter captured the most detailed view of a solar flare, observing the build-up of events that lead to the explosion.

Aurora alert! The colossal solar storm could impact and trigger impressive northern lights.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The same active region of the sun that produced stunning auroras that were visible as far south as Mexico earlier this week has ...

Sunspot AR3256 erupted with an X1.2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...

Federal forecasters are warning that a powerful X-class solar flare could trigger strong radio blackouts and strain power ...

F or all of its life-sustaining energy, the sun is pretty chaotic. Roiling plasma covers its surface along with fluidic snarls of magnetic fields that birth solar flares. These fiery outbursts occur ...

Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

Solar Orbiter has captured the clearest evidence yet that a solar flare grows through a cascading “magnetic avalanche.” Small, weak magnetic disturbances rapidly multiplied, triggering stronger and ...

ESA’s Solar Orbiter discovered cascading magnetic avalanches on the Sun, triggering powerful solar flares and particle storms ...

A powerful flare unleashed a severe solar storm that caused auroras and GPS disruptions on Earth.

The same active region of the sun that produced stunning auroras that were visible as far south as Mexico earlier this week has erupted again. On Friday the sun released a powerful, X4.0-class solar ...