Solar Flare

By: Katharine Gammon, OurAmazingPlanet Contributor Published: 05/15/2012 09:54 AM EDT on OurAmazingPlanet Get ready for some solar action. Earth...

By: Tariq Malik Published: 05/11/2012 11:35 AM EDT on SPACE.com A huge sunspot that dwarfs the Earth is unleashing a series of powerful solar fl...

By: Mike Wall Published: 05/08/2012 10:39 AM EDT on SPACE.com An enormous sunspot group has taken shape on the surface of the sun, hinting that ...

By: Mike Wall Published: 04/18/2012 01:07 PM EDT on SPACE.com Humanity needs to be much better prepared for massive solar storms, which can wrea...

By: Tariq Malik Published: 04/16/2012 05:08 PM EDT on SPACE.com The sun erupted in an amazing solar flare today (April 16), unleashing an intense ...

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 03/29/2012 09:58 AM EDT on SPACE.com A NASA spacecraft has captured video of a massive solar "tornado" fi...

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 03/20/2012 02:03 PM EDT on SPACE.com A new video captures the frenzied sounds of a sun storm, based on data recorde...

By: Natalie Wolchover Published: 03/13/2012 05:28 PM EDT on Lifes Little Mysteries Telescope images captured of the sun on Monday (March 12) show ...

WASHINGTON — The solar storm that seemed to be more fizzle than fury got much stronger early Friday before fading again. At its peak, it was th...

By: Denise Chow Published: 03/08/2012 01:06 PM EST on SPACE.com Strong radiation from one of the most intense solar storms in the past five year...

WASHINGTON — Our high-tech world seems to have easily weathered a solar storm that didn't quite live up to its advance billing. While some expe...

By: Denise Chow Published: 03/07/2012 06:16 PM EST on SPACE.com A massive solar storm may spark an intense northern lights display for skywatche...

By: Denise Chow Published: 03/08/2012 01:52 AM EST on SPACE.com This story was updated at 6:58 a.m. EST. The biggest solar storm in five years ...

WASHINGTON -- One of the strongest solar storms in years engulfed Earth early Thursday, but scientists say the planet may have lucked out. Hours af...

A solar flare that erupted Tuesday and will likely hit Earth as soon as Thursday could prove to be a nuisance for communications and electrical system...

By: Tariq Malik Published: 03/07/2012 07:31 AM EST on SPACE.com The sun unleashed a cosmic double whammy Tuesday (March 6), erupting with two ma...

By: Denise Chow Published: 03/06/2012 07:28 AM EST on SPACE.com An active region on the sun that unleashed a powerful solar flare Sunday (March ...

An aurora borealis may be beautiful, but can there be too much of a good thing? A new study published in the journal Space Weather analyzed the freque...

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 02/10/2012 07:42 AM EST on SPACE.com One of NASA's workhorse space observatories, the RHESSI satellite, is celeb...

By: Clara Moskowitz Published: 02/01/2012 02:52 PM EST on SPACE.com Scientists may be one step closer to unraveling the mystery of sunspots —...

Solar storms like the massive one that's currently hitting Earth don't just give us great aurora imagery. UCLA researchers have published a paper in N...

The solar storm that's now bombarding the Earth is being called the biggest since 2003, and we've got some astounding video to prove it. This foot...

By KARL RITTER and SETH BORENSTEIN, The Associated Press STOCKHOLM -- A storm from the broiling sun turned the chilly northernmost skies of Earth i...

By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 01/23/2012 04:42 PM EST on Space An intense solar flare unleashed the biggest radiation storm in year...