Solar flares largely go unnoticed, but that doesn't mean there aren't dangerous ones that could impact life on Earth.

Most people are familiar with the impact solar storms can have on technology. However, a question that often arises is whether these solar events can also affect human health. Read on to know more.

An X1.0 solar flare erupted from Active Region 4455 on June 3, 2026, according to NASA, producing the kind of intense burst ...

Scientists are currently trying to determine if a coronal mass ejection (CME) was also launched.

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 ...

The northern lights could mean lights out for the infrastructure we rely on.

A strong X1.3 solar flare produced a striking red, white and blue display in imagery from the Solar Dynamics Observatory over ...

Researchers used the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii to take the clearest pictures ever of a powerful solar flare that occurred on Aug. 8, 2024. Credit: NSF / NSO / AURA Astronomers have ...

A solar flare with the Earth for scale. Alexander Russell using open-source SunPy Python package and data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory space telescope via NASA EPIC Team Solar flares—intense ...

For a long stretch of time, scientists were under the impression that our star was slowly entering hibernation. Known as the "deep solar minimum," this period started in the 1980s and ended in 2008.

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. A member of the public looks at Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, while standing on a ...

A record-breakingly sharp image of a solar flare allowed astronomers to get a closer look into the Sun's mysterious coronal loops. Reading time 2 minutes It took astronomers a little over a year to ...