NASA's pioneering Parker Solar Probe is poised to make its closest-ever approach of the Sun on Christmas Eve, a record-setting 3.8 million miles (6.2 million kilometres) from the surface.

These dark spots have been spitting out frequent and powerful solar storms that occasionally collide with Earth, triggering radio blackouts and major geomagnetic disturbances. And this may be only ...

The sun's warming rays make life possible on Earth. But severe solar storms can temporarily scramble radio communications and disrupt power. The sun is currently at the maximum phase of its 11 ...

triggering some explosive solar storms and colorful auroras. Here are 10 of our favorite solar outbursts this year. As a result, sunspots have constantly littered the sun's surface this year in ...

CMEs usually take about three days to reach Earth after departing the sun. The SWPC rates solar storms on a five-level scale, with 5 being the most extreme and rarest space weather conditions.

Big and very fast full-halo CME in LASCO imagery this afternoon," aurora and storm chaser Jure Atanackov ... Two prior CMEs erupted during fiery solar filament eruptions on the southeastern ...

According to T and D World, the storms caused more than $1 billion in damage to the grid, yet FPL’s solar farms were virtually unscathed, helping nearly a million customers avoid power outages.

CMEs usually take about three days to reach Earth after departing the Sun. The SWPC rates solar storms on a five-level scale, with five being the most extreme and rarest space weather conditions.

Solar superflares are incredibly large energy surges from the Sun, and scientists are gradually becoming worried about them more. Previously, they only thought they happened once a thousand years ...