NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captures sunspot AR3341 blast a powerful X1.1 solar flare. Credit: Space.com | footage ...

Scientists spotted the solar flare erupting from the bottom of ... The flare, which peaked at 4:56 p.m. ET, was categorized as an X1.1 flare. X-class flares are the most powerful type of explosion ...

Early on Saturday 23 March 2024, the sun released a strong X1.1 solar flare, the most powerful possible type, from a particularly active region pointing directly towards Earth. The news of an ...

In the early hours of Tuesday (April 23), quadruple solar flares near-simultaneously exploded from across the sun's surface, ...

A geomagnetic storm watch remains active for Monday, March 25, after increased space storm activity from a coronal mass ejection associated with the X1.1 ... report. Solar solar flare eruptions ...

On March 28, Earth was hit by an X-class solar flare that was strong enough to ionize part of the planet's atmosphere. If a solar storm as big as the Carrington Event struck today, it could lead ...

Social media was shocked at the sight of a red triangle around the moon during totality last Monday, with even mainstream media outlets reporting that a "solar flare" was seen. Over 40 million ...

On April 8, there was just one minor C-class solar flare that ended several hours before totality began anywhere in the U.S., and it did not launch a CME, according to SpaceWeatherLive.com.

A solar flare on New Year's Eve, rated as an X-5, was the largest detected since the 2017 eclipse, when a X8.2 flare X8.2 flare occurred, according to NOAA. Solar flares are only expected to ...

The energetic eruption then triggered a long-duration M-class (medium intensity) solar flare. The radiation from that flare traveled at the speed of light to reach Earth in under ten minutes and ...

This photograph of the April 8 total solar eclipse captures the moment of the "diamond ring" just at the end of totality.