Earth is bracing for major disruptions to communications, GPS, and technology as a rare four-way solar storm is racing ...

An M3-class solar flare that lasted about 3 hours created a massive coronal mass ejection. The Solar Dynamics Observatory ...

A erupted with M1 and M6 class solar flares. Watch the fireworks in these views from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

A study has claimed to have found a link between solar activity and a rise in heart attacks. Carried out at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), the study looked at health records from ...

After a period of relative quiet on the surface of the sun, it is ramping up again in an era of high activity. It could ...

With advance warning, however, steps can be taken to reduce the risks. If an electrical grid is running near capacity, for ...

A New Mexico State University astronomer and her team can now predict space weather in the sweet spot between two extremes of ...

The Sun has a weather pattern of its own, and one of the strangest is the solar rain that falls in its atmosphere during ...

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

A first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence system built by Nasa in collaboration with IBM can predict violent solar storms threatening satellites and power grids two hours before they erupt from the ...

There are many things with spots: Dalmatians, leopards, ladybugs, overripe bananas, and guys with bald spots are all great examples. Another thing with spots is the Sun! That's right! The Sun, as it ...

Scientists from the University of St Andrews have discovered that ions in solar flares can reach scorching temperatures more than 60 million degrees—6.5 times hotter than previously believed. This ...