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

New findingspublished in The Astrophysical Journal Letterssuggest that solar flares—massive explosions of energy in the Sun’s atmosphere—may be up to 6.5 times hotter than scientists previously ...

Solar physicists have long known that the sun stores staggering amounts of magnetic energy, but the exact trigger that lets ...

The Sun is angry again, unleashing a series of powerful solar flares that have triggered warnings from space agencies across ...

The Sun has been emitting powerful solar flares since 1. The star on Wednesday released a powerful explosion that peaked at 5:43 pm, briefly disrupting radio signals in parts of Africa and Europe.

What processes are responsible for heating solar flares and what dangers do they pose to Earth? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as an ...

"This is one of the most exciting results from Solar Orbiter so far." ...

Scientists from the University of St Andrews have discovered that ions in solar flares can reach scorching temperatures more than 60 million degrees—6.5 times hotter than previously believed. This ...

Solar Maximum 2025 is the expected peak of solar activity in Solar Cycle 25, characterized by heightened sunspots, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections. This peak is anticipated around mid to late ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has proposed that particles in solar flares are 6.5 times hotter than previously thought and provided an unexpected solution to a 50-year-old mystery ...

A major flare-up affected an aircraft’s data and control; the solution was so easy that it almost makes no sense.

Beautiful yet dangerous solar flares that erupt from the sun could be as hot as 180 million degrees Fahrenheit, researchers say. That's more than six times hotter than solar physicists previously ...