After a calm week, the sun erupted again. A powerful M5.1 solar flare burst from an emerging sunspot region, shaking the stillness of space weather and igniting new forecasts of heightened activity.

The massive sunspot that sparked an "extreme" geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar ...

By tracing solar flare gamma rays, scientists gain new insight into particle behavior that shapes space weather forecasts.

A New Mexico State University (NMSU) astronomy Ph.D. student, who was leading a data cataloging project, findings link ...

Researchers followed a single solar hotspot for 3 months as it unleashed nearly 1,000 flares, revealing insights about our Sun's fury.

Solar wind speeds remain elevated as an incoming coronal mass ejection approaches Earth, with forecasts indicating increased ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the event, which could cause a series of radio and satellite blackouts across the U.S., according to NASA. Solar flares are powerful bursts of ...

The sun is not only our closest stellar neighbor, it's also the star we understand the most. As we've observed it over the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. These processes follow the solar cycle, an 11-year cycle of increasing and decreasing activity on ...