The Sun has just unleashed an M5-class solar flare, a powerful burst of radiation that signals a clear uptick in solar activity as the current cycle heads toward its peak. While this event is not the ...

March 2026 could be a historic moment for stargazers and aurora enthusiasts alike. According to experts, this month might ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We are currently midway through Solar Cycle 25, the 25th solar cycle since the naming convention began back with Solar Cycle 1 in ...

A large coronal hole has emerged on the sun’s eastern horizon. Its fast solar wind may reach Earth, potentially triggering auroras and affecting geomagnetic activity in the coming days.

The sky is sizzling with cosmic potential! Over the past 24 hours, the sun has been especially active, unleashing a rapid-fire series of powerful solar flares, including an X8.3-class eruption, which ...

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

OVRO-LWA radio data contrasts a quiet day (Sept. 29, 2025) with the hours after the X1.7-class flare recorded at 2:35 ET on Nov. 9. The type III radio bursts, shown in the radio dynamic spectrum ...

LAS CRUCES — The eerie yet beautiful auroras that delivered pink and green nighttime skies across New Mexico and much of the U.S. this month are the result of geomagnetic storms caused by solar ...

Scientists have proposed a surprising connection between solar flares and earthquakes. When solar activity disturbs the ionosphere, it may generate electric fields that penetrate fragile fracture ...

What processes are responsible for heating solar flares and what dangers do they pose to Earth? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as an ...