The sun is a dynamic part of our solar system, and it throws plasma and radiation out into space regularly. But not all of ...

Like the number of sunspots, the occurrence of solar flares follows the approximately 11-year solar cycle. But as the current Solar Cycle 25 approaches its peak, how are the number of solar flares ...

After a period of relative quiet on the surface of the sun, it is ramping up again in an era of high activity. It could affect your day-to-day life.

Solar flares are intense bursts of light and particles from the sun. And while they can pose hazards for things like satellites, they are also beautiful, dramatic and incredibly hot. NPR's Nell ...

Recently, social media exploded with gorgeous, awe-inspiring photos taken from around the world, depicting bright ribbons of color pulsating in the night sky. While most people have seen images of ...

Courtesy of NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL If you were one of the lucky people in the Pacific Northwest this year, you might have caught the dazzling show of color in the sky called the aurora borealis. It’s ...

Light only takes about 8 minutes to travel from the Sun to Earth, so that’s how long it would take the energy from a flare to reach our planet. How do solar flares affect Earth? Solar flares only ...

A colossal X-class solar flare has burst from the Sun, triggering potent radio blackouts across vast regions of the world - and specialists caution that more could be imminent as the lively sunspot ...

Solar flares are nothing new to Earth and we have experienced quite a few this year, but this weekend the sun let out a coronal mass ejection which is something a bit different. On Saturday, the sun ...