On February 4, 2026, the Sun unleashed an intense X4.2 solar flare, sparking significant radio blackouts across parts of Africa and Europe. This powerful eruption was triggered by sunspot group AR4366 ...

Could this be the Perfect Geo-storm? October is off to a hot start: The sun unleashed a massive X-class solar flare — the “strongest of its kind,” according to Space.com — that has the potential to ...

New research by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the National Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric ...

The Sun fired off six X-class flares in the first four days of February 2026, a burst of extreme activity spanning roughly 400,000 miles of the solar disk. That stretch covers nearly half the Sun’s ...

In the span of two days last week, the sun released two strong solar flares — meaning the solar system experienced its most powerful explosions which can cause some communications blackouts on Earth, ...

The Sun emitted the strongest solar flare in seven years Thursday, and space weather forecasters are watching to see what impacts this event has on Earth, including displays of the Northern Lights and ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA / SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams, helioviewer.org The sun has once ...

Two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are poised to strike Earth on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, sparking a minor geomagnetic storm as they interact with our planet's magnetic field. While technical ...

Waves of solar flares keep pouring out of the sun, sparking "rolling" radio blackouts across the world. Active sunspot regions on the sun's surface are responsible for the flares, which are classified ...

The huge solar flare may be the last big explosion from the sun this year. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, ...