NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a M7.9-class solar flare. See footage of the blast in multiple wavelengths. Credit: ...

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

Such eruptions from the Sun can disrupt satellite operations, radio communications, and power grids on Earth if directed ...

ESA ran a full-scale solar storm drill to prepare for the next Carrington Event - an eruption powerful enough to disrupt life on Earth.

A New Mexico State University astronomer and her team can now predict space weather in the sweet spot between two extremes of ...

A strong solar flare-up could bring auroras to the far north, and might even be visible in some U.S. states on Thursday.

Hagen, M. and Azevedo, A. (2025) The Impact of Solar Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections on Earth’s Climate. Atmospheric and ...

Four solar storms, expected between October 15 and 17, are heading towards Earth, promising spectacular auroras across ...

Luke Benavitz, a graduate student at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy, collaborating with IfA astronomer Jeffrey Reep, has developed new models showing that time-dependent changes in ...

Scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi have discovered why it rains on the Sun. Solar rain, made of cooling plasma, forms rapidly during solar flares, a mystery now solved by modeling time-varying ...