At the start of this new year, we look back at close-up pictures and solar flare data recorded by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

The European Space Agency shows how the sun’s activity has ramped up as it careened toward "solar maximum." Data sonification brings solar flares to life through audio.

The sun started 2025 with a bang as it fired off a powerful solar flare this morning. The X-class solar flare peaked at an X.12 at 6:40 a.m. EST (1140 GMT) on Friday (Jan. 3), releasing a blast of ...

The sun is not quite done with 2024. Early Sunday (Dec. 29), the sun fired off a class X1.1 solar flare, one of the most powerful types of solar explosions possible, in what may be its last major ...

Sunspot AR3869 erupted with an X3.3-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks. Footage ...

The Origin of the Sun's Magnetic Field Could Lie Close to Its Surface May 22, 2024 — Surprise findings suggest sunspots and solar flares could be generated by a magnetic field within the Sun's ...

Every few days, another potentially disastrous sunspot crosses the face of the Sun. As we approach solar maximum, the solar flares are coming faster and faster. Mostly, it means Earthbound viewers ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In the final hours of Christmas Day, the sun fired off four solar flares within less than three ...

The sun is not quite done with 2024. Early Sunday (Dec. 29), the sun fired off a class X1.1 solar flare, one of the most powerful types of solar explosions possible, in what may be its last major ...

blue and violet. The X-class solar flare erupted from the surface of the sun on Sunday, reaching its peak around 4:06 am ET. It was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME), or a huge ...

X9.0 solar flare: Largest of 2024 Powerful X-class solar flares recorded Intense solar storms spark auroras worldwide ...