Scientists have confirmed a 19-year-old theory on solar flare formation by observing “slip-running” reconnections in the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Solar flares are a rather common occurrence that, if strong enough, could cause a huge catastrophe on Earth by causing mass communication disruptions and power outages.

Emily Mason, a heliophysicist at San Diego-based research firm Predictive Science, and her colleagues observed coronal loops ...

Solar flares can disrupt these by causing geomagnetic storms that interfere with electrical systems. Imagine if all the navigation systems went offline or if the power grid collapsed. In today's ...

X-class flares are the strongest class of solar flare, which are ranked on a 4-class scale. With each increase in class on the scale, the power of the flare also goes up ten times in strength.