Three solar flares burst from the sun this week, raising the chances of seeing the northern lights for people across the ...

NOAA classified the Jan. 19 event as a Severe (S4) solar radiation storm, the strongest of its kind since 2003.

Scientists studying 50 years of solar data warn Earth may be entering a heightened risk period for rare “superflares” capable of disrupting technology worldwide.

Stars like our sun may eject extremely violent flares about once per century, which is “surprisingly” often, scientists say in a new study. “We were very surprised that sun-like stars are prone to ...

A string of solar flares over the past two days has disrupted high-frequency radio communications across parts of Earth, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Add solar superflares to the list of natural disasters of concern. Superflares are extremely strong solar flares – explosions with ...

The explosion on the Sun’s surface, which launched the cloud, originated from Region 4461 and was categorised as an M1.8 ...

Northern lights could become visible across parts of the northern tier late this week, but space weather forecasters are ...

Research by university scientists suggests that solar flares may be far hotter than previously believed, offering new insights into the Sun’s behavior. The findings, recently published in the ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has proposed that particles in solar flares are 6.5 times hotter than previously thought. The research provides an unexpected solution to a 50-year-old ...

The sun is not a static, tranquil sphere of gas, but an active, turbulent star with magnetic fields that twist and snap in powerful eruptions. Among the most striking and energetic of these eruptions ...