Scientists have long struggled to accurately predict solar flares, but a recent breakthrough using NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has uncovered a promising new sign: flickering coronal loops. These ...

Researchers have made a potentially crucial breakthrough in solar science that could help predict solar flares with greater ...

Mason and her colleagues analyzed the flickering of coronal loops—arch-like structures in the Sun’s outer atmosphere, known as the corona—in the lead-up to 50 intense solar flares.

the team studied arch-like structures called coronal loops along the edge of the sun. Coronal loops rise from magnetically driven active regions on the sun, where solar flares also originate.

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ultraviolet light before a solar flare, which could act as an early warning system ...

As the sun geared up to spit a powerful solar flare into space, NASA scientists snapped huge loops of plasma leaping from the sun's surface. These spectacular solar structures, known as coronal ...

As a result, the space agency says that solar flares will increase over the next few years. And that it could cause some problems for Earth throughout 2025. Of course, it isn’t all that ...

Flickering, invisible “loops” in the sun’s atmosphere appear to warn of larger solar flares to come, a new analysis finds. The discovery could help scientists better predict space weather ...

An uptick in activity on the sun’s surface this year produced the strongest displays of aurora borealis in the last 500 years, according to NASA, but not to worry if you missed the chance to see the ...

Well, that’s a bit dramatic (it explodes a lot) — but a particularly large sunspot named AR2781 produced a C5-class solar flare which is a medium-sized explosion even for the Sun. Flares range ...