Solar flares are as inevitable as they are powerful. While the sun’s baseline may seem chaotic to us, astronomers know that ...

Yesterday, sunspot 4341 unleashed an X-1.95 strength flare, accompanied by a large coronal mass ejection and so-called “flare ribbons”. Although far from record-breaking in power, the flare was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The sun lashes out with a ...

As this month's string of powerful X-class solar flares sparked brilliant auroras that lit up skies across an unusually wide swath of the globe—from northern Europe to Florida—researchers at NJIT's ...

According to NASA (which, who knows, could be making it all up) the sun ejected two immense solar flares yesterday. While this sounds like the beginning of Meltdown 2012: Sun vs Earth, there really ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A spot on the sun 10 times larger than Earth has been seen ...

Cryptocurrency investors face an unusual danger lurking 93 million miles away. Solar flares, massive bursts of energy from the sun’s surface, can interfere with the digital infrastructure that keeps ...

Scots with hopes of spotting the Northern Lights should turn their eyes skyward tonight, Monday, January 19, because we could be set for another spectacular display. Activity within the Sun yesterday, ...