Sunspot AR3184 erupted with an X1.9-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured the fireworks. The ...

The paper suggests that solar flares disrupt Earth's magnetic field, which, in turn, causes changes in the upper atmosphere.

Scientists have proposed a surprising connection between solar flares and earthquakes. When solar activity disturbs the ...

Researchers say a deadly earthquake in Japan and 2023’s most powerful solar flare occurring back-to-back can’t be a ...

Researchers have proposed that changes in Earth's ionosphere could trigger electrical forces that nudge fragile areas of the crust into creating an earthquake.

A solar storm is a catchall term that describes any disturbance in the sun that involves the violent ejection of solar material into space. This can come in the form of coronal mass ejections, where ...

On February 4, 2026, the Sun unleashed an intense X4.2 solar flare, sparking significant radio blackouts across parts of Africa and Europe. This powerful eruption was triggered by sunspot group AR4366 ...

Earlier this week, the number of visible sunspots on our home star fell to zero for the first time in 1,335 days. This ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA telescope ...

“The definition of the solar maximum is when the sunspot number is at its highest,” Dr Rachel Howe, a solar physicist at the ...

New SwRI-led research connects circular flare ribbons, as observed with by Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope during the M4.7-class solar flare on May 3, 2023, with energy released by repeated bursts of ...

Richard Carrington’s name has long been connected with the most intense solar storm ever recorded, but his face was unknown until a lost portrait surfaced.