A groundbreaking study has revealed that solar flares can reach astonishing temperatures of 108 million degrees Fahrenheit (60 million°C), nearly six times hotter than earlier estimates. This ...

A single patch on the Sun recently stayed hyperactive for 94 straight days, hurling flare after flare into space and setting ...

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

Scientists tracked active solar region NOAA 13664 for 94 days, showing how persistent magnetic complexity drives flares and ...

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Normally only visible much closer to the north pole, the Northern Lights have been seen as far south as New Mexico in recent years. These beautiful light shows are caused by ...

The most powerful solar flare of 2025 has launched a ball of energy toward Earth that could trigger widespread auroras across the United States tonight. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Update 10:30 a.m. 5/11/2024: At 8:40 EDT this morning, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center officially declared that the ongoing solar flare activity ...

Considered our solar system's largest explosive events, solar flares can sometimes be as strong as a billion hydrogen bombs. Those with enough energy output to rank as an X-class have the potential to ...

After a day that saw the sun release strong solar flares, the Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a strong geomagnetic storm watch for the planet. Over the last 24 hours the sun has released ...