Solar flares are giant explosions that occur in a localized regions of the sun's atmosphere, typically originating from ...

After releasing an X2.3-class solar flare on Nov. 6, radio operators observed communication disruptions that are now known to be "rolling" across the globe. The flare originated from sunspot ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare and X1 flare. See time ...

The sun put on quite the spooktacular show on Halloween, firing off an X2.0 solar flare. A sunspot known as AR 3878 fired off the X-class flare at 5:20 p.m. EDT (2120 UTC) on Oct. 31, measuring in ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The sun put on quite the spooktacular show on Halloween, firing off an X2.0 solar flare. A ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The sun has been rather quiet of late but has since roared back to life with a major X-class ...

A sunspot named AR3901 that keeps flinging out M-class solar flares is about to face toward the Earth, putting us in the ...

Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window ... After releasing an X2.3-class solar flare on Nov. 6, radio operators observed communication disruptions that ...

The sun erupted with an X2.3-class solar flare this morning, triggering radio blackouts The X-class solar flare was released from a sunspot region AR 3883 at 8:40 a.m. ET (1340 UTC) on Wednesday ...

MOSCOW, November 1. /TASS/. Scientists have registered a solar flare of the most powerful X-class in the early hours of Friday, Russia’s Fedorov Institute of Applied Geophysics has told TASS.

Sunspot AR3229 erupted with an X2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...

So when high-energy solar radiation strikes, it can cause those radio signals to degrade. The flare that struck Earth on Monday was an X1.5 flare, NASA reported. X-class flares are the most ...