On June 17, 2025, the Sun released a massive X1.2 solar flare that peaked at 5:49 p.m. ET, as confirmed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. This event marks a significant moment in the ongoing solar ...

Pictures of the International Space Station as it passes in front of the Sun or Moon are a bit of a feather in the cap of ...

Yesterday the sun released a huge solar flare, and it's heading toward Earth. It's nothing to worry about since it's nowhere near as large as the Carrington Event of 1859, but it is large enough ...

A strong X-class solar flare was spotted streaming from the Sun on Friday, causing a solar radiation storm on Earth, according to space weather officials with NASA and NOAA.

A US-based photographer has clicked jaw-dropping photographs of the International Space Station (ISS) passing in front of the ...

The Sun has been vying for attention these last couple of weeks. First with the appearance of a fabulous complex sunspot region and then with a plethora of solar flares. On the 14th May, yet another ...

This may mean that the sun could be set for one such superflare any time soon, especially considering that the Carrington Event was 165 years ago—the most powerful flare we have on record—wasn ...

A solar flare is a burst of radiation on the sun, according to NASA. They are the most powerful explosions in the solar system, with the biggest ones having as much energy as a billion hydrogen bombs.

Our sun has officially hit its solar maximum, with increased rates of auroras and solar flares expected in the coming months, NASA has announced. The sun goes through 11-year cycles of activity ...

Researchers were able to replicate how solar flares form by creating banana-sized loops of plasma in a lab. The results show that the mini flares are an excellent proxy for studying the real things.

NASA reported sunspot region 4114 unleashed a powerful X1.2-class solar flare on June 17, disrupting shortwave radio communication, especially over the Pacific, including Hawaii. Frequencies below ...

Space The sun may spit out giant solar flares more often than we thought. A survey of more than 56,000 sun-like stars reveals that “superflares” that are linked to bursts of radiation which ...