Solar flares are classified based on their strength and fall into five designated categories: A, B, C, M and X. An X-class ...

Even if the specific monthly peak of the cycle has passed, it doesn't mean solar activity is over. Strong solar activity ...

A twisting, whirling streamer of plasma escaping the sun in the aftermath of a coronal mass ejection (CME) has been captured ...

The Origin of the Sun's Magnetic Field Could Lie Close to Its Surface May 22, 2024 — Surprise findings suggest sunspots and solar flares could be generated by a magnetic field within the Sun's ...

Photography experts told National Geographic that a wide-angle lens, an aperture or F-stop of four or less and a focus set to the furthest possible setting are recommended to capture the northern ...

A powerful X-class solar flare was unleashed by an emerging sunspot region leading to radio blackouts over large parts of ...

Multiple spacecraft captured the moon's shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total ...

Using ALMA, astronomers discovered that Proxima Centauri produces frequent, high-energy millimeter-wavelength flares that ...

Recently, a team of researchers from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) made an unexpected discovery while analyzing data from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. They detected a region on the Sun ...