"Some of the extreme ultraviolet light above active regions flickers erratically for a few hours before a solar flare," ...

Flickering coronal loops in the Sun's outer atmosphere could act as an early warning system for solar flares, according to ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an X1.1-class solar flare in multiple wavelengths. See time-lapse footage of the ...

There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of ...

NASA finds flickering coronal loops signal solar flares, paving the way for better space weather predictions and safety ...

New study reveals the potential for advance warning of powerful solar flares from the Sun, providing crucial hours to protect ...

Improving Space Weather Predictions Flickering patterns in coronal loops may signal solar flares 2 to 6 hours before they ...

Solar storms pose a rising threat to power grids, satellites, and communications. Experts call for urgent preventive measures ...

The sun is not quite done with 2024. Early Sunday (Dec. 29), the sun fired off a class X1.1 solar flare, one of the most powerful types of solar explosions possible, in what may be its last major ...

The sun started 2025 with a bang as it fired off a powerful solar flare this morning. The X-class solar flare peaked at an X1.2 at 6:40 a.m. EST (1140 GMT) on Friday (Jan. 3), releasing a blast of ...

The resulting ... Magnetic Field Maps of the Sun's Corona Sep. 11, 2024 — Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully producing detailed maps of the Sun's ...

So last year's total represents a surprisingly sharp spike in X-class flare frequency. The obvious reason for the increased frequency is the arrival of solar maximum. This peak in the sun's ...