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 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 ...

Our sun may be due for an extremely powerful "superflare" outburst in the next few decades, according to researchers. Stars like our sun can experience one of these superflares once every century ...

The sun may produce extremely powerful bursts of ... We know that in 1859, our star produced an extremely powerful solar flare, a burst of light radiation. These are often associated with a ...

In a worst-case scenario, if the flare also spawns a supersize ... are a stark reminder that even the most extreme solar events are part of the sun's natural repertoire,” study coauthor Natalie ...

It was released on Sunday, and could cause disruption in the coming days. The Sun is currently in its “solar maximum”, or the most active part of its 11-year cycle. That means that it is more ...

However, the new study does not reveal when the Sun will release its next superflare. "The new data are a stark reminder that even the most extreme solar events are part of the Sun's natural ...

The sun appears to have woken from its slumber with an impulsive X-class solar flare, the most powerful class of solar flare. Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy originating from the sun's ...

Experts predict a 60 percent chance of radio blackouts today after the sun unleashed an extremely powerful solar flare and sent it hurtling toward Earth. Minor to moderate blackouts could last ...

even this far away from the Sun. A solar flare is a burst of radiation: photons of all wavelengths, traveling at the speed of light. Solar flares are closely related to another solar phenomenon ...