An astrophotographer has captured an extremely rare and "difficult" photo of a solar flare exploding from the sun at the exact moment the International Space Station passed directly in front of our ...

Solar flares, blasts of plasma gasses of solar energy might shape the short-term weather on distant planets according to a new study.

More Solar Flares Blast Toward Earth. By ABC News. ... The 10 least protected human beings are those currently in orbit -- the crews of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station.

In May 2024, the largest solar flare since 2017 was detected, ranking at an X-8.7 magnitude. Then in 2025, a flare May 13 was classified as an X-1.2 , and another the next day was listed as an X-2.7 .

The flare could also hamper digital communications, the power grid, and satellites. The solar storm has been classified as a Level 4 on a 1 to 5 scale, by the center, indicating how unusual it is ...

Experts have advised people to monitor reliable sources like NASA and NOAA for updates on solar activity and space weather.

NASA reports that the X7.1-strength solar flare was followed only two days later by a whopping X9-level flare, ... from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has set yet another record by taking the closest images of the Sun anyone has ever seen.

A solar storm on the surface of the Sun just erupted an Earth-facing Class X9.0 solar flare, the most powerful on record since 2017. This is just the latest coronal mass ejection (CME) in what has ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this view of an X2.1 solar flare erupting from the sun on Oct. 7, 2024. (Image credit: NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams, helioviewer.org) ...

After an intense solar flare, residents in northern U.S. states may get the rare chance to view the northern lights under clear skies, and capture the event on camera.

Solar flares measured around X1 — like the May 13 and 14 events — indicate strong flare intensity. An X10 flare is described as as a severe event, according to NOAA.