After a calm week, the sun erupted again. A powerful M5.1 solar flare burst from an emerging sunspot region, shaking the stillness of space weather and igniting new forecasts of heightened activity.

Scientists have long studied the sun, our solar system’s life-giving star, trying to understand its behavior, solar flares, and how it affects Earth. While we all rely on the sun for warmth and light, ...

A whopping sunspot that is getting larger and crackling with activity threatens to flash powerful solar flares in our planet's direction. The sunspot, named AR3780, appears to be getting bigger and ...

A new solar storm is approaching. In 2025 there were several, but they did not have serious consequences. Now, the US ...

(NEXSTAR) — The largest solar flare recorded since 2017 erupted Thursday morning, marking the latest episode in an active period for the sun. The scale ranges from B-class on the lowest end to C-class ...

The ionospheric D-region, spanning approximately 60–95 km above Earth’s surface, is a dynamic boundary where complex photochemical processes influence radio wave propagation. Solar flares, through ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. On Oct. 3, the sun released the most powerful solar flare this solar cycle, a colossal X9.05 ...

The forecasting of solar flares is a rapidly evolving field that combines observational solar physics with the latest developments in machine learning and statistical modelling. Solar flares are ...

A trio of solar flares, similar to the one pictured from 2012, erupted from the sun this week, disrupting communications on Earth. File Photo courtesy of NASA Nov. 5 (UPI) --A moderate solar flare ...

What is Solar Cycle 25? It’s an 11-year cycle of the Sun’s activity that started in December 2019. Its maximum solar activity is expected in 2025. Experts predicted that solar activity would be less ...

When our Sun erupts with giant explosions — such as bursts of radiation called solar flares — we know they can affect space throughout the solar system as well as near Earth. But monitoring their ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) — The largest solar flare recorded ...