By: Tariq Malik Published: 05/13/2013 06:54 AM EDT on SPACE.com The sun unleashed a colossal Mother's Day solar flare on Sunday (May 12) in what...
By: Denise Chow, SPACE.com Contributor Published: 04/25/2013 10:43 AM EDT on SPACE.com The sun has unleashed a trio of solar eruptions toward the ...
By: Tariq Malik Published: 04/11/2013 12:38 PM EDT on SPACE.com The most powerful solar flare of the year erupted from the sun today (April 11) sp...
By: Tariq Malik Published: 03/28/2013 12:05 PM EDT on SPACE.com A NASA spacecraft that constantly watches the sun has captured an amazing view of ...
LOS ANGELES -- Curiosity hunkered down after the sun unleashed a blast that raced toward Mars. While the hardy rover was designed to withstand punish...
Had enough of all the rain and snow this winter? Be thankful you don't have to contend with fire falling from the sky. That doesn't happen on Earth, o...
By: Tariq Malik Published: 02/10/2013 02:40 AM EST on SPACE.com A long-lasting solar flare erupted from the sun early Saturday (Feb. 9), trigger...
By: Space.com, staff Published: 01/14/2013 05:09 PM EST on SPACE.com A huge sun eruption on Sunday (Jan. 13) unleashed a wave of solar plasma ai...
By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 01/11/2013 06:02 PM EST on SPACE.com The surface of the sun erupted in a solar flare early today (Jan. 11), unleash...
By: Elizabeth Howell Published: 01/04/2013 10:07 AM EST on SPACE.com The sun's peak of solar activity this year will likely be the quietest seen...
Think Y2K was scary? This is Y2K plus a dozen! We needed a dose of reality to calm our nerves, so we went straight to the source, the Mayan ruins at Tulum.
By: Tariq Malik Published: 11/17/2012 09:44 AM EST on SPACE.com The sun unleashed a monster eruption of super-hot plasma Friday (Nov. 16) in bac...
Recent research indicates that the sun has secretly been sending vitally important messages to piles of radioactive medical waste. No joke.
By: Tariq Malik Published: 10/08/2012 11:26 AM EDT on SPACE.com A huge explosion on the sun has flung a wave of solar particles toward Earth, an e...
By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 09/21/2012 07:31 AM EDT on SPACE.com Scientists seeking to better understand and predict massive solar eruptions ...
What actually happens during a solar storm? How do sunspots, flares, and coronal mass ejections relate to one another? And what's the real effect the ...
By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 07/30/2012 04:43 PM EDT on SPACE.com A medium-size solar flare erupted from the sun this weekend, hurling a cloud o...
By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 07/20/2012 03:12 PM EDT on SPACE.com A gigantic sunspot unleashed an intense solar flare early Thursday (July 19)...
By: Mike Wall Published: 07/13/2012 12:01 PM EDT on SPACE.com A massive solar eruption may trigger an exceptional weekend northern lights displa...
By: Tariq Malik Published: 07/12/2012 02:36 PM EDT on SPACE.com This story was updated at 5 p.m. ET. The sun unleashed a huge flare Thursday (Jul...
By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 07/05/2012 05:29 PM EDT on SPACE.com The sun fired off yet another intense solar flare today (July 5), the latest...
The last recorded Solar Superstorm called the "Carrington Event" occurred over a period of nine days in 1859. Auroras were seen as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph networks failed across the Northern Hemisphere, in some cases even catching fire.
By: Tariq Malik Published: 07/02/2012 05:48 PM EDT on SPACE.com The sun erupted with a powerful solar flare Monday (July 2) in an early solar fi...
By: Nola Taylor Redd Published: 06/27/2012 01:17 PM EDT on SPACE.com For years, scientists have struggled to determine why the sun's atmosphere is...
By: Denise Chow Published: 06/13/2012 07:44 AM EDT on SPACE.com ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A massive flare that exploded from the solar surface in M...
