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

A powerful geomagnetic storm caused by an X-class solar flare and a fast-moving coronal mass ejection has disrupted Earth's ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A New Mexico State University (NMSU) astronomy Ph.D. student, who was leading a data cataloging ...

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

A coronal mass ejection, or CME, is a massive cloud of solar plasma and magnetic field that can be hurled into space ...

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

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 ...

A NOAA forecast has Northern Lights visible in northern U.S. states overnight on Monday, Jan. 19 through Tuesday, Jan. 20, as ...

Solar physicists have long known that the sun stores staggering amounts of magnetic energy, but the exact trigger that lets ...

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a M7.9-class solar flare. See footage of the blast in multiple wavelengths. Credit: ...

An X-class solar flare has produced an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, increasing solar activity and raising the likelihood of geomagnetic impacts within 24 hours.

Solar cycle 25 may be on the downswing, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping the auroras from putting on a show. A strong ...