Solar flares are the most explosive energy-release events in the solar corona, leading to intense particle acceleration, plasma heating and bulk plasma motions on short timescales. Core questions ...

Earth has already felt the effects of multiple coronal mass ejections in recent days. Forecasters now point to a fresh solar ...

A trio of major solar flares triggered radio blackouts across Earth and may spark impressive northern lights as possible ...

The SOLAR-1 satellite by NOAA is now fully operational after making the million-mile journey into deep space to study space ...

Days after Earth was impacted by several coronal mass ejections, forecasters say a recent solar flare could be directed at us ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Solar flares are nothing new to Earth and we have experienced quite a few this year, but this weekend the sun let out a coronal ...

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Earth is in the midst of a moderate solar storm - but will it be strong enough to cause technology disruptions? The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction ...

Many coronal loops — ropey strands of plasma that scientists have long thought existed in the Sun’s atmosphere — may actually be optical illusions, according to a new paper that challenges prevailing ...

Scientists at NASA reveal a new understanding of the mysterious mechanism responsible for heating the outer part of the solar atmosphere, the corona, to million degree temperatures. “It has become ...