An eerie new video from ESA's Solar Orbiter shows a towering 'cyclone' of plasma exhibiting behaviors never seen before on ...

A powerful X1.1-class solar flare was released by the sun on March 28, resulting in radio blackouts across North and South ...

A twisting, whirling streamer of plasma escaping the sun in the aftermath of a coronal mass ejection (CME) has been captured ...

Solar flares, the immense bursts of radiation from the sun, have long fascinated scientists and enthusiasts alike. But beyond ...

Stunning imagery from outer space shows the power of the Sun, with a massive solar flare and coronal mass ejection erupting from the giant star’s surface, but space experts say there is no need ...

The sun unleashed a strong X1.1 solar flare on Friday, March 28, as scientists continue to monitor the possibilities of coronal mass ejections, which can ultimately lead to geomagnetic storms ...

We already know the dangers of a massive asteroid hitting Earth, and NASA is working to combat that with D.A.R.T. What if that giant solar eruption was directed at the Earth? Could a solar flare ...

Well, that’s a bit dramatic (it explodes a lot) — but a particularly large sunspot named AR2781 produced a C5-class solar flare ... (or even higher for giant X flares). So a C5 is just about ...

The activity, noted by observatories around the world, followed by less than 30 minutes a giant solar flare. It was the strongest indication so far that cosmic rays can originate in the solar ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Carbon-14 is produced when high-energy radiation, typically from a supernova explosion or giant solar flare, reacts with nitrogen and oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere. Miyake tells Richard A.