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

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare and X1 flare. See time ...

In the span of two days last week, the sun released two strong solar flares — meaning the solar system experienced its most powerful explosions which can cause some communications blackouts on Earth, ...

Solar flares can last mere minutes or can drag on for hours, depending on their intensity. NASA classifies solar flares based on their strength, with A-class the smallest and X-class – which is what ...

It was an X-class flare — the most intense kind, NASA said. Solar flares are essentially "giant explosions on the sun" that send energy, light and high-speed particles into space, according to NASA.

The latest solar flare follows an M-class one, the second-highest on the scale, that occurred days earlier on June 15. It caused a shortwave radio blackout across North America, with a loss of signal ...

Solar flares can last mere minutes or can drag on for hours, depending on their intensity. NASA classifies solar flares based on their strength, with A-class the smallest and X-class – which is ...

A hot Jupiter-like planet, HIP 67522 b, is causing its young solar system to erupt with solar flares, potentially leading to ...

Data gathered by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and the GOES-15 satellite during the event revealed the flare emitted rhythmic bursts of energy approximately every 90 seconds.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of coronal loops above an active region on the sun in mid-January 2012. The image was taken in the 171 angstrom wavelength of extreme ...

Using NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, scientists have identified flickering loops in the solar atmosphere, or corona, that seem to signal when the Sun is about to unleash a large solar flare.

The solar flare peaked at 5:49 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory said. It was an X-class flare — the most intense kind, NASA said.