Sunspot AR3234 blasted an X2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...

Such eruptions from the Sun can disrupt satellite operations, radio communications, and power grids on Earth if directed ...

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Four coronal mass ejections launched from the Sun in recent days are expected to reach Earth soon, with experts predicting they could produce vivid aurora displays across much of the Northern ...

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Scientists say a train of CMEs could impact Earth's magnetic field Oct. 15–17, bringing a chance of northern lights across ...

The star at the center of the solar system does more than provide light and warmth. It also acts as the most powerful particle accelerator in the neighborhood, whipping electrons to near-light speed ...

A New Mexico State University astronomer and her team can now predict space weather in the sweet spot between two extremes of ...

Observations of the slip-running reconnection in active region 13107, as seen by the IRIS (inset) and the Solar Dynamics Observatory / Atmospheric Imaging Assembly instrument. The evolution of ...

ESA ran a full-scale solar storm drill to prepare for the next Carrington Event - an eruption powerful enough to disrupt life on Earth.

Beautiful yet dangerous solar flares that erupt from the sun could be as hot as 180 million degrees Fahrenheit, researchers say. That's more than six times hotter than solar physicists previously ...

That mystery was cracked by Luke Benavitz, a first-year graduate student at IfA, and IfA astronomer Jeffrey Reep. Their work, ...