Solar flares and other activity can disrupt radio communications, power grids and navigation signals, according to NASA.

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope is an incredible piece of equipment that is helping researchers to get a better look ...

In an exciting breakthrough, scientists have captured a rare, high-resolution glimpse into one of the most active solar ...

A sunspot, potentially generating multiple solar flares, may lead to auroras that could be visible as far south as Alabama.

A powerful X1.9 solar flare from new sunspot AR4299 triggered strong radio blackouts, as giant sunspot AR4294 rotates into ...

Within hours of detecting the flare, the UK Met Office and its counterpart in the Netherlands launched a sequence of weather ...

Research by university scientists suggests that solar flares may be far hotter than previously believed, offering new insights into the Sun’s behavior. The findings, recently published in the ...

The sun is not a static, tranquil sphere of gas, but an active, turbulent star with magnetic fields that twist and snap in powerful eruptions. Among the most striking and energetic of these eruptions ...

A powerful solar flare unleashed by the Sun on Sunday caused a radio blackout across parts of the Pacific Ocean, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. The strong “X2.0-class” ...

A high-powered solar flare erupted from the sun last week, causing a major radio blackout in Europe and Asia. The eruption happened at 3:25 a.m., meaning that the sun wasn't in the Texas sky at the ...

The sun may be 93 million miles away, but that does not stop its solar activity from affecting the Earth's atmosphere, a new study from Queen's University Belfast as found. The Earth's atmosphere is ...