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

On Oct. 3, 2024, an X9 magnitude solar flare — the most powerful of the current cycle — erupted from the sun, launching a CME directly at Earth. (Image credit: NASA/SDO) The effects of the ...

Sunspot AR3256 erupted with an X1.2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...

The sun started 2025 with a bang as it fired off a powerful solar flare this morning. The X-class solar flare peaked at an X1.2 at 6:40 a.m. EST (1140 GMT) on Friday (Jan. 3), releasing a blast of ...

which was before the sun released the most powerful solar flare ever recorded, in late 2003. Experts had predicted that ...

Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation from the sun that can have significant effects on space weather, impacting satellite operations, communication systems, and even power grids on Earth.

ESA and NASA's Solar Orbiter mission captured the sun kicking out flares in 2024. The blue circles ... [+] indicate flares. Our closest star has been delivering quite a show in recent months.

Currently, the sun is spitting out solar flares like there's no tomorrow thanks to the ongoing solar maximum — the peak in the sun's roughly 11-year cycle of activity — so there will be no ...

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 ...