AR4048, a still-emerging sunspot that has yet to fully rotate to face Earth, has been crackling with activity, consistently firing off solar flares. Space weather forecasters are closely monitoring ...

Solar flares with ratings between X5 and X8.7 impacted Earth in May 2024, allowing the auroras to be seen as far south as Florida and the Caribbean. In 2003, a similarly powerful event, ...

Sunspot AR3500 blasted a M9.8-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured footage of the flare in multiple wavelengths. Views from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory ...

If you've ever wondered what keeps space weather physicists up at night, it's this. A solar superstorm, strong enough to cause an 'internet apocalypse', knock out satellites and cripple clean ...

Sun unleashes powerful M5.6 solar flare and Earth is in the firing line — are auroras incoming? "The flare source region will rotate to face Earth in the coming week. Further strong solar ...

This occurs because the solar flare's intense X-rays and extreme ultraviolet radiation ionize Earth's upper atmosphere, specifically the ionosphere, which is situated between 30 miles (48 km ...

Nearly a dozen states in the northern U.S. may have another opportunity to see the northern lights on Saturday, after a recent solar flare briefly disrupted radio communications, according to the ...

AR4048, a still-emerging sunspot that has yet to fully rotate to face Earth, has been crackling with activity, consistently firing off solar flares. Space weather forecasters are closely ...

Credit: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams, helioviewer.org The sun has once again unleashed a powerful solar flare ... have a greater impact on Earth, as AR4046 has now moved ...