A erupted with M1 and M6 class solar flares. Watch the fireworks in these views from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Credit: NASA/SDO/Helio Viewer| edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: My Hal ...

The sun started 2025 with a bang as it fired off a powerful solar flare this morning.

A powerful X1.8 solar flare erupted on January 4, 2025, and was recorded at its peak—7:48 a.m. ET—by NOAA’s Solar Ultraviolet ...

The huge solar flare may be the last big explosion from the sun this year. The sun is not quite done with 2024.

A festive auroral display may be put on for a lucky few when coronal mass ejections hit Earth on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

These superflares are similar to the solar flares we see emitted from our sun, except much more powerful, releasing thousands of times the energy of a typical solar flare. By comparison ...

We know that in 1859, our star produced an extremely powerful solar flare, a burst of light radiation. These are often associated with a subsequent coronal mass ejection (CME), a bubble of ...

"It is unclear whether gigantic flares are always accompanied by coronal mass ejections and what is the relationship between superflares and extreme solar particles," said Prof. Dr. Ilya Usoskin ...

ALBAWABA - The sun has released an X-class solar flare, which is according to experts, the most powerful class of solar flares, Space website revealed. According to Space, the X-class solar flare ...

Superflares are extremely strong solar flares – explosions with energies up to ten thousand times that of typical solar flares. Why worry? "A new study of 56,000 sun-like stars reveals that ...