Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sun released a “strong” solar flare on Tuesday, February 3, after several others had been released in previous days, resulting ...

The Sun released a strong solar flare on Tuesday, Feb. 3, following several eruptions in the preceding days, raising the possibility of increased geomagnetic storm activity. Nasa’s Solar Dynamic ...

A record-breaking study into a giant sunspot that triggered Earth's biggest geomagnetic storm in more than two decades has revealed surprising new details about the explosive dark patch. The monster ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sun released a powerful solar flare followed by a fast-moving coronal mass ejection on January 18, resulting in a geomagnetic ...

A vast, magnetically tangled sunspot has rotated into direct view of Earth, raising the prospect of powerful solar eruptions in the coming days. The active region is large enough to dwarf our planet ...

A newly active area on the sun is responsible for dozens of eruptions known as solar flares, including back-to-back X-class flares earlier this week. Solar flares typically originate from active ...

As this month's string of powerful X-class solar flares sparked brilliant auroras that lit up skies across an unusually wide swath of the globe—from northern Europe to Florida—researchers at NJIT's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A spot on the sun 10 times larger than Earth has been seen ...

A strong solar flare peaked just after 9 a.m. Tuesday, but what does that mean? Can it be seen from Earth?Tuesday's solar flare was not the first this year or even this month. Here is more information ...

Cryptocurrency investors face an unusual danger lurking 93 million miles away. Solar flares, massive bursts of energy from the sun’s surface, can interfere with the digital infrastructure that keeps ...