The M4.4 solar flare unleashed a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space — and Earth might just receive a glancing blow.

After more than three weeks without a powerful solar flare, the sun has suddenly ramped up its activity, firing off three ...

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

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare. See at time-lapse of the flare in multiple wavelengths. Credit Space.com | footage courtesy: NAS ...

HIP 67522 b can’t stop blasting itself in the face with stellar flares, a type of magnetic interaction that scientists have ...

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.

SDO has roughly two 'eclipse seasons' per year, and is currently in its 31st since the mission launched. It begain on July 10 ...

Solar flares are categorized based on their strength, with five designated categories: A, B, C, M and X. NASA Experts from Harvard University anticipate that the Sun will remain in Solar Cycle 25 ...

The flare on May 13 was classified as an X1.2 flare, while the following day's event was listed as an X2.7 flare — the number provides more information about the event's strength, according to NASA.

Two NASA satellites rocketed into orbit from California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, commencing a $170 million ...

A hot Jupiter-like planet, HIP 67522 b, is causing its young solar system to erupt with solar flares, potentially leading to the planet’s atmosphere being stripped away and shrinking it to ...