Sunspot AR3256 erupted with an X1.2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO | edited by Stev ...

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

On the night of October 17–18, the Sun unleashed two moderate solar flares classified as M-class, according to the Russian ...

Normally only visible much closer to the north pole, the Northern Lights have been seen as far south as New Mexico in recent ...

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The Sun has a weather pattern of its own, and one of the strangest is the solar rain that falls in its atmosphere during ...

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

Scientists have finally cracked the mystery of solar rain, a phenomenon where plasma clumps fall back to the Sun's surface.

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

Fall can be gorgeous — leaves turning, local coffee shops dusting off pumpkin spice syrup bottles, Target putting plastic jack-o’-lanterns on display earlier and earlier with every passing year. It ...

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