Solar flares, the sudden bursts of radiation that erupt from the Sun’s atmosphere, have become a topic of intense scrutiny ...

From communications outages to a brush with nuclear war, solar events like flares and coronal mass ejections have shaped ...

Sunspot activity increases on November 1, 2025, as new regions emerge on the Sun. Solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and geomagnetic conditions are monitored by NASA/SDO and EarthSky.

The study of young stars like EK Draconis has offered fresh insights into the violent activity of our Sun in its youth. By ...

A new giant sunspot, active region 4246, is now visible from Earth. Scientists believe another, even larger region is emerging. This solar activity could cause minor geomagnetic storms and disrupt ...

Solar flares are intense bursts of light and particles from the sun. While they can pose hazards for things like satellites, these flares are also beautiful, dramatic and incredibly hot. NPR's Nell ...

Research by university scientists suggests that solar flares may be far hotter than previously believed, offering new insights into the Sun’s behavior. The findings, recently published in the ...

Did you know it rains on the Sun? Not water, of course. It's solar rain, which occurs in the Sun's corona, the outermost ...

The sun is a dynamic part of our solar system, and it throws plasma and radiation out into space regularly. But not all of ...