Sunspot region 4114 has fired off its strongest blast yet — an X1.2-class solar flare that erupted on June 17, triggering ...

The M-class flare was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection currently forecast to land Earth with a glancing blow on June 18 ...

SCIENCE Earth in the clear after sun emits largest solar flare in nearly 10-year cycle NOAA says, 'Not done yet,' as solar flare with magnitude of X8.7 is emitted from the sun ...

A powerful solar flare is poised to strike Earth in the coming days, following a dramatic eruption on the Sun earlier this week. This latest event serves as a reminder of the Sun's dynamic nature ...

The X9.05 solar flare peaked at 8:10 a.m. EDT (1210 GMT), triggering shortwave radio blackouts over Africa and Europe, the sunlit portion of Earth at the time of eruption.

The sun blasted Earth with a powerful X-class solar flare on Tuesday, causing radio blackouts.; Three more moderate solar flares followed, and we could see more eruptions in the coming days. The ...

A massive solar flare erupted from the sun over the weekend, causing radio blackouts on Earth – and more could be on the horizon. The sun emitted the solar flare on Saturday, peaking around 10: ...

A fiery X2.7-class solar flare that erupted from sunspot AR4087 early Tuesday morning (May 14), sending charged particles and plasma hurtling toward Earth. And experts warn, this is just the ...

Solar flares are also classed by how powerful they are, on a scale of A, B, C, M and X, with X-class flares being the strongest. Each class is 10 times stronger than the previous, with an X1 flare ...

A quick look at how a solar flare can cause a geomagnetic storm on Earth, sometimes resulting in brilliant auroras, like the northern lights.

In the Tom Hanks movie Finch, a massive solar flare destroys the ozone layer, annihilating almost all life on Earth (and leading to the invention of annoying robots).While a mass coronal ejection ...

On Oct. 3, the sun released the most powerful solar flare this solar cycle, a colossal X9.05 eruption — and it's heading for Earth.