The sun erupted for the second time in less than 24 hours Monday morning, releasing the most powerful solar flare so far of 2013. Monday’s solar flare, which peaked at 9 a.m. Pacific time, came just ...

SWPC officials watched the X1.1. flare erupt with an instrument on its GOES-16 weather satellite. GOES-16 is part of a fleet of NOAA and NASA spacecraft that monitor the sun continuously for solar ...

The sun has emitted a powerful solar flare that has the capability to interfere with technology on Earth. The explosive burst of radiation peaked on the evening of June 17, matching the intensity of ...

This was the view as a multi-colored curtain of aurora formed to the south in my sky during the great display of Northern Lights on May 10, 2024. The Kp Index peaked at 8 this night bringing the ...

A rare software vulnerability triggered by intense solar radiation has forced Airbus to ground approximately 6,000 A320 aircraft worldwide. This represents more than half of all narrow-body jets in ...

A spectacular aurora show appeared over much of the U.S. overnight Nov. 11-12 with little notice, and forecasters aren't sure what might be in store next. It's possible auroras might be seen again ...

A new study led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) links quasi-periodic pulsations (QPPs) in solar flares to dynamic oscillations in magnetic reconnection, a phenomenon that can drive space ...

The clearest pictures ever taken of a solar flare have been taken by the world's largest solar telescope. Record-breaking images from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii reveal a flare four ...

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