Several powerful solar flares have been emitted from the Sun after what scientists describe as a "complex eruption". The ...

F or all of its life-sustaining energy, the sun is pretty chaotic. Roiling plasma covers its surface along with fluidic snarls of magnetic fields that birth solar flares. These fiery outbursts occur ...

The ESA's Solar Orbiter has discovered that solar flares act like avalanches, growing from weak disturbances into powerful ...

In an exciting breakthrough, scientists have captured a rare, high-resolution glimpse into one of the most active solar regions that has been producing powerful X-class solar flares. These flares, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A trio of solar flares, similar to the one pictured from 2012, erupted from the sun this week, disrupting communications on Earth.

New SwRI-led research connects circular flare ribbons, as observed with by Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope during the M4.7-class solar flare on May 3, 2023, with energy released by repeated bursts of ...

NASA explained that the flare was classified as an X1.9 flare. X-class flares are the most powerful type of solar flares. The number 1.9 shows how strong the flare was within this highest category.

An X8.2 class solar flare flashes in the edge of the Sun on Sept. 10, 2017. This image was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and shows a blend of light from the 171 and 304 angstrom ...