Brace yourselves for a northern light show of potentially epic proportions. Some lucky stargazers in the U.S. may glimpse the ...

The aurora borealis graced northern skies once again Thursday night, and Mainers couldn't get enough of the rare sight."I ...

A X7.1 solar flare exploded from the sun at around at around 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday (Oct. 1). At the time, it was the second most powerful flare of the current solar cycle. (Image credit: NASA/SDO ...

The sun has just unleashed its most powerful solar flare this cycle, a colossal X-class eruption. The X9.05 solar flare peaked at 8:10 a.m. EDT (1210 GMT), triggering shortwave radio blackouts ...

NASA says the sun is at its maximum and likely to belch out big eruptions that cause technology issues and spark stunning ...

Yesterday the sun released a huge solar flare, and it's heading toward Earth. It's nothing to worry about since it's nowhere near as large as the Carrington Event of 1859, but it is large enough ...

Oct. 3 (UPI) --The sun released a powerful solar flare to start the month of October, which could lead to supercharged aurora displays over the weekend. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

The category X14 flare is the 7th-strongest recorded with modern instruments by one measure. It erupted from the far side of the sun and was accompanied by a massive coronal mass ejection (CME ...

Solar flares are a fascinating thing and have a profound effect on what astronomers refer to as "space weather." These events vary with the sun's 11-year solar cycle, releasing immense amounts of ...

The major X9.05 solar flare was fired from the sun and is expected to impact regions in Africa, the Atlantic Ocean and eastern South America. According to spaceflight meteorologist Nick Stewart ...

Along with solar flares, CMEs—large expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the outermost part of the Sun—can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals ...