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 ...

Nasa warns of huge solar flares causing blackouts on Earth - The Sun’s most active region is turning to face Earth, bringing spectacular auroras and occasional blackouts. advertisement.

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

On June 15th, a significant M8.46 solar flare from sunspot region AR 4114 caused shortwave radio blackouts, particularly affecting the Americas. NOAA classified it as an R2 event, impacting ...

That complexity could mean bigger fireworks ahead. With the sunspot now rotating to face Earth, it could pose a threat for ...

An Earth-facing sunspot has turned into a prolific flare factory, firing off multiple powerful M-class solar flares in less than 24 hours, ... Radio blackouts across North America.

The sun has blasted a powerful X-ray towards Earth, which caused blackouts over the Pacific, including Hawaii. There is more in store as the sunspot has released more solar material. Sun has blasted ...

People in some parts of the U.S. may be able to see the northern lights this evening.

More Solar Flares Blast Toward Earth. By ABC News. December 14, 2006, 2:11 PM.

NASA captured an image of an intense solar flare released by the sun on Tuesday evening. The solar flare peaked at 5:49 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory said. It was an X ...

More specifically, no major solar flares or coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were detected in the days leading up to Spain's May 20 mobile outages or earlier power blackouts across the Iberian Peninsula.

The massive half-day blackout shows otherwise. The nature of solar and wind generation makes grids that rely on them more prone to collapse—an issue that’s particularly expensive to ameliorate.