Space weather may intensify in the coming decades with more frequent solar flares and eruptions to batter the planet. Whilst Earth's technology, including satellites and power grids, is likely to feel ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare and X1 flare. See time-lapses of the flares in multiple wavelengths. Credit Space.com | footage c ...

"A strong solar flare (R3) occurred and peaked at X1.1 near 11:20am EDT (1520 UTC) on 28 March, 2025. The flare occurred from the vicinity of newly rotated into view Region 4046 near the east limb," ...

The sun has somewhat surprised forecasters today with a dramatic X-class solar flare from a newly emerging sunspot region. The intense solar flare originated from sunspot region AR4046 and was ...

A study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters reveals new insights into the triggering mechanisms of solar ...

According to a tweet from the European Space Agency (ESA), the powerful X-class flare exploded from a sunspot called AR3256. Footage of the flare was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics ...

July 19, 2024 — Space storms could soon be forecasted ... 2024 — Surprise findings suggest sunspots and solar flares could be generated by a magnetic field within the Sun's outermost layers.

Back in February, the European Space Agency’s Solar ... that with D.A.R.T. What if that giant solar eruption was directed at the Earth? Could a solar flare destroy our planet?

The affects are expected to be felt today, with heightened geomagnetic activity being predicted over the next few days.

It’s like trying to listen to a clear radio station while driving ... to protect GPS networks from solar flare disruptions. These include advanced space weather monitoring systems that provide ...

The "severe" solar ... into the space environment surrounding Earth." In simple terms, this storm is a disturbance of Earth's upper atmosphere. It is caused in part by solar flares, which NASA ...