Northern lights occur when a solar flare interacts with Earth's atmosphere.

The sun is putting on a show. On Sunday the star unleashed several strong and bright solar flares, including one of the most ...

The Sun released a strong solar flare on Tuesday, Feb. 3, following several eruptions in the preceding days, prompting ...

The flares are coming from a solar region that was created in late January.

A new sunspot group has quickly grown and is spewing out the most intense type of solar flare. Effects on Earth are forecast ...

A rapidly growing sunspot has fired off at least 18 M-class and three X-class flares in just 24 hours, including an intense X8.3 eruption.

Space watchers are taking a keen interest in the sun’s actions over the last 24 hours. A sun spot, or a temporary, dark, ...