The sun has just fired off an eruption so intense it ranks among the most powerful solar flares seen in three decades, a jolt of energy that has put space weather forecasters and power grid operators ...

A solar storm is a catchall term that describes any disturbance in the sun that involves the violent ejection of solar material into space. This can come in the form of coronal mass ejections, where ...

Richard Carrington’s name has long been connected with the most intense solar storm ever recorded, but his face was unknown ...

Solar physicists and seismologists are testing a provocative idea: that violent outbursts from the Sun could be linked to the timing of some large earthquakes. New statistical work reports ...

New research by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the National Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric ...

Close-up observations of the Sun explain how solar flares start, grow, and send high-energy particles racing through space.

The planet is experiencing the most powerful solar event since 2003—and it's bringing spectacular Northern Lights.

New SwRI-led research connects circular flare ribbons, as observed with by Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope during the M4.7-class solar flare on May 3, 2023, with energy released by repeated bursts of ...