Solar flares are classified based on their strength and fall into five designated categories: A, B, C, M and X. An X-class ...

A powerful X1.1-class solar flare was released by the sun on March 28, resulting in radio blackouts across North and South ...

The sun has somewhat surprised forecasters today with a dramatic X-class solar flare from a newly emerging sunspot region.The intense solar flare originated from sunspot region AR4046 and was ...

Nor is this threat hypothetical since NASA astronauts have very nearly been killed by solar flares in the past. In August ...

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 ...

An unexpected X-class solar flare from a new sunspot region caused widespread radio blackouts across the Americas today ...

Despite its strong magnitude, NASA emphasizes harmful radiation from solar flares “cannot pass through Earth’s atmosphere ... Shelter Live on Air as Tornado Hits News Station: ‘Under Your ...

Aug. 5, 2024 — A groundbreaking study has revealed that red dwarf stars can produce stellar flares that carry ... of exactly when a violent solar eruption may hit Earth. Scientists say ...

A powerful X1.1-class solar flare causes radio blackouts across the Americas. It was followed by a coronal mass ejection.

When the solar wind hits Earth's atmosphere ... and space weather events like geomagnetic storms and solar flares occur more frequently. Scientists predict that the solar maximum will continue ...

Scientists caught a massive and extremely powerful X-class solar flare being spat out from the sun on Friday (March 28), just before the stellar eruption triggered a radio blackout across two ...