Sunspot AR3500 blasted a M9.8-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured footage of the flare in multiple wavelengths. Views from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory ...

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...

Flickering coronal "loops" on the Sun are warning signs of a coming solar eruption, paving the way for better space weather ...

The 500,000-mile wide hole has cracked open the sun's atmosphere, leaving a gap over 62 times the diameter of Earth from ...

Flickering coronal loops in the Sun's outer atmosphere could act as an early warning system for solar flares, according to ...

The aurora borealis is back and is expected to be visible in more than 10 states. See which states will have the best views.

High solar activity levels have historically been linked to warmer temperatures, on average, across Earth, according to the ...

2024 — Surprise findings suggest sunspots and solar flares could be generated by a magnetic field within the Sun's outermost layers. If confirmed, the findings could help scientists better predict ...

The colorful northern lights may reveal themselves to a wide swath of Americans Friday night due to an impending solar storm ...

NASA finds flickering coronal loops signal solar flares, paving the way for better space weather predictions and safety ...

Solar flares are violent outbursts of electromagnetic radiation that shoot from the sun when invisible magnetic field lines at the sun's surface get twisted up until they eventually snap. These ...

An image of the sun produced by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, capturing a solar flare from the sun's western limb on Sept. 12, 2024. | Credit: NASA/SDO Shining loops of plasma on the surface ...