The region was not considered a major concern by space weather specialists, and yet it produced a large M4-class solar flare at about 2239 UTC on December 28, according to SpaceWeather.com. The blast ...

With the Sun still in an active phase there could be more spectacular Northern light displays in the year ahead.

Scientists have long studied the sun, our solar system’s life-giving star, trying to understand its behavior, solar flares, ...

This was the view as a multi-colored curtain of aurora formed to the south in my sky during the great display of Northern Lights on May 10, 2024. The Kp Index peaked at 8 this night bringing the ...

The alignment of the Sun and Earth during the spring and autumn equinoxes can slightly increase activity, known as the ...

What if scientists could predict northern and southern lights like they could an eclipse? What if they could tell you where and when to be outside, within a narrow window, to see these vibrant ...

Plasma astrophysicists at KU Leuven have created the first self-consistent simulation of the physical processes that occur during a solar flare. The researchers used Flemish supercomputers and a new ...

New SwRI-led research connects circular flare ribbons, as observed with by Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope during the M4.7-class solar flare on May 3, 2023, with energy released by repeated bursts of ...

The clearest pictures ever taken of a solar flare have been taken by the world's largest solar telescope. Record-breaking images from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii reveal a flare four ...