8.9K views · 159 reactions | Forked Solar Flare • High above the surface, hot charged material is suspended in the Sun's atmosphere. This material constantly swirls around as the effects of gravity pull it down and the strong magnetic fields keep it suspended. Credit: IRIS, LMSAL/NASA, | Astronomy Nation | Facebook

15K views · 467 reactions | Solar flares erupted 21-22 Feb. Seen here from GOES-16; an R3 flare in the NE, followed by an R1 from beyond the SE limb, and another R3 event from the NE again. The reported cellular service outage is unlikely to be related to these events: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/two-major-solar-flares-effects-cellular-networks-unlikely | NOAA NWS Space Weather Prediction Center | Facebook

👉🚨 Historic Solar Storm Alert! ☀️ The Sun has triggered one of the strongest space weather events in decades. According to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, a Severe S4 Solar Radiation Storm is underway — the most intense level seen since the famous Halloween storms of October 2003. The event is active right now and still developing. --- 🌍 What’s going on? ✅ A powerful solar eruption is headed our way. • On January 18, the Sun released a long-lasting X1.9-class solar flare. • That flare

106K views · 1.6K reactions | The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on...

An X1.9 solar flare, captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. Solar eruptions like this can affect space weather near Earth. | Space 360

52K views · 517 reactions | X-class solar flare observed on 18 January 2026 Composite view of the solar flare and its associated Coronal Mass Ejection erupting on 18 January 2026. This GIF combines observations of the Sun across three different wavelengths (121 Å, 193 Å, 204 Å). The images were obtained by the AIA instrument onboard NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and combined using ESA's JHelioViewer. | ESA - European Space Agency | Facebook

785 shares · 48 comments | This movie shows the M6.5-class solar flare — the bright light on the left side of the sun — on July 8, 2014. An eruption of solar material can also be seen arcing up and away. After it left the Sun, this became a coronal mass ejection, a giant cloud of solar material, headed toward Mars. Credit: NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (Little SDO) | NASA Space Alerts | Facebook