The sun is far from quiet. Yesterday, Dec. 17, the sun fired out an 'extremely rare' farside coronal mass ejection (CME) — a ...

Powerful solar storms in May and October painted auroras across large parts of North America. But some U.S. farmers also ...

triggering some explosive solar storms and colorful auroras. Here are 10 of our favorite solar outbursts this year. As a result, sunspots have constantly littered the sun's surface this year in ...

Superflares are extremely strong solar flares, explosions with energies up to ten thousand times that of typical solar flares ...

It could be quite impactful,” said Dahl. While the timing of this super solar storm is still unclear, Dahl expects the next two years could be a roller coaster of solar activity. He says the ...

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

High-energy, powerful, and violent stellar explosions called "superflares" have been found to erupt from stars like the sun roughly once every 100 years, making these blasts far more common than ...

This year featured some of the strongest solar storms on record, especially the G5 storm that rocked the planet back on May 10, 2024. Although society kept ticking (and satellites kept working ...

Unusually strong solar storms earlier this year triggered "Northern Lights" auroras at much lower latitudes than usual.

For example, in May, we experienced a super solar storm that produced stunning auroras visible as far south as Florida. These events are a direct result of our connection to the sun.” ...

Powerful solar storms in May and October painted auroras across large parts of North America. But some U.S. farmers also witnessed unusual activity from their high-tech machinery, which started ...