White light flares like Carrington saw are very rare – more often the magnetic energy is converted to X-rays. Gravity near the solar surface is about 30 times stronger than that on Earth, so any ...

This is a time when the sun puts out the most solar flares and has the most average sunspots on its surface in its ...

The sun’s magnetic activity causes auroras, and the relationship between solar flares and auroras reveals an 11-year cycle; ...

Solar flares are giant explosions that occur in a localized regions of the sun's atmosphere, typically originating from ...

Our Sun constantly froths with sunspots and solar flares, many larger than our planet, and yet these are dwarfed by Coronal ...

The Sun’s activity is what gives us beautiful auroras – but it also has dramatic negative effects on satellites that go ...

Sunspot AR3165 has erupted with several m-class solar flares in a span of a few hours. NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in several wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | footage courte ...

Are the Northern Lights dangerous? Solar storms in May and October saw intense displays of aurora borealis across the U.S.

NOAA releases the weekend aurora borealis forecast for the US. Things are looking pretty good for the upper Midwest.

The (NJIT) is launching a new center focused on advancing AI-driven forecasting of violent solar eruptions and expanding ...

The Sun has unleashed a powerful solar flare, Nasa has said. The flare, designated X2.3, belongs to the most intense X class ...