The aurora borealis is a spectacle of space weather, but solar flares and coronal mass ejections have far more Earthly ...

A powerful solar flare recently occurred, but fortunately, it did not have a significant impact on Earth. However, it serves ...

This week the sun released three solar flares and NASA says they were big ones. These giant explosions from the sun happened over a 24-hour period between Wednesday evening, Feb. 21, to Thursday ...

Northern lights could be visible in much of the U.S. this weekend, but the strong solar storm headed toward Earth could also potentially disrupt communications. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

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

A whopping sunspot that is getting larger and crackling with activity threatens to flash powerful solar flares in our planet's direction. The sunspot, named AR3780, appears to be getting bigger and ...

A new study reveals solar flares can reach a staggering 108 million degrees Fahrenheit, six times hotter than previously thought. This discovery resolves a decades-old mystery about broadened spectral ...

A Feb. 22 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims the sun is to blame for a widespread cellphone outage. "AT&T Cell Phone Towers Have Allegedly Been Down Do To Powerful Solar Flares Being ...

Solar flares, powerful bursts of energy from our Sun, can have serious effects here on Earth. Flares and other solar eruptions can affect radio communications, disrupt electric power grids, mess up ...

Solar flares are nothing new to Earth and we have experienced quite a few this year, but this weekend the sun let out a coronal mass ejection which is something a bit different. On Saturday, the sun ...