Space weather has seen a flurry of activity this week. An explosive solar flare that erupted Tuesday, just two days after the ...

Northern lights occur when a solar flare interacts with Earth's atmosphere.

The flares are coming from a solar region that was created in late January.

Scientists say this powerful surge in solar activity could set the stage for the northern lights to appear as early as ...

A new sunspot group has quickly grown and is spewing out the most intense type of solar flare. Effects on Earth are forecast ...

A strong solar flare peaked just after 9 a.m. Tuesday. What does that mean?

Fired from a vast sunspot, the "coronal mass ejection" is expected to reach Earth on either Thursday or Friday this week.

What Are Solar Flares? Solar flares are explosive bursts of radiation resulting from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots. They occur when magnetic fields around sunspots become ...

Solar flares are intense bursts of radiation that occur on the Sun's surface, resulting from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots. These flares can vary in intensity, and their ...

Something stormy is happening in the skies right now. The sun has released a “relentless barrage” of solar flares (21 overall ...

Space scientists have announced that the Sun has fired four massive solar flares. The outbursts were captured by NASA’s Solar ...