The back-to-back eruptions caused radio blackouts across two hemispheres as the active sunspots turn to face Earth.

High-energy, powerful, and violent stellar explosions called "superflares" have been found to erupt from stars like the sun roughly once every 100 years, making these blasts far more common than ...

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The solar flare occurred on February 9 and was an X-class solar flare, the most intense classification given to solar flares. These powerful blasts from our local star can cause some problems on Earth ...

The fiery chasm was at least double the width of the United States. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A vast "canyon of fire" at ...

Since the spring of 2010, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has been has been shooting continuous photos of the sun, once every 12 seconds in 10 different wavelengths. The results are gorgeous.