After a calm week, the sun erupted again. A powerful M5.1 solar flare burst from an emerging sunspot region, shaking the ...

The Sun has just unleashed an M5-class solar flare, a powerful burst of radiation that signals a clear uptick in solar activity as the current cycle heads toward its peak. While this event is not the ...

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 ...

With the Sun still in an active phase there could be more spectacular Northern light displays in the year ahead.

A whopping sunspot that is getting larger and crackling with activity threatens to flash powerful solar flares in our planet's direction. The sunspot, named AR3780, appears to be getting bigger and ...

The sun typically goes through regular cycles of increased and decreased activity, but in recent years, it hasn't been ...

Earth's atmosphere is much more sensitive to ripples of radiation from the sun than scientists previously believed, new research by Queen's University Belfast has found. Solar flares, which are sudden ...

The alignment of the Sun and Earth during the spring and autumn equinoxes can slightly increase activity, known as the ...

The ionospheric D-region, spanning approximately 60–95 km above Earth’s surface, is a dynamic boundary where complex photochemical processes influence radio wave propagation. Solar flares, through ...

Two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are poised to strike Earth on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, sparking a minor geomagnetic storm as they interact with our planet's magnetic field. While technical ...