A sunspot, potentially generating multiple solar flares, may lead to auroras that could be visible as far south as Alabama.
NASA has issued a warning after detecting a powerful X-class solar flare from the Sun, with the potential to cause ...
The Sun fired a staggering X1.9-class solar flare at the turn of the month, triggering a sudden, widespread radio blackout ...
On Dec. 2, 1995, NASA launched the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, also known as SOHO. This sun-monitoring satellite is a ...
On December 1, 2025, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed a large spot on the Sun, known as Active Region (AR) 4294-96.
As this month's string of powerful X-class solar flares sparked brilliant auroras that lit up skies across an unusually wide ...
A powerful solar eruption from sunspot AR4274 triggered a massive X5.1-class solar flare, causing a Ground Level Event (GLE) with energetic protons re ...
The flare might just inspire a display of Northern Lights even in Illinois, Oregon, Alabama, and Northern California.
Solar flares can be many times the size of Earth and can damage things like satellites. A new study suggests that eruptions from the sun can be even hotter than researchers thought. Solar flares are ...
Solar flares are intense bursts of light and particles from the sun. And while they can pose hazards for things like satellites, they are also beautiful, dramatic and incredibly hot. NPR's Nell ...