Scientists have proposed a surprising connection between solar flares and earthquakes. When solar activity disturbs the ionosphere, it may generate electric fields that penetrate fragile fracture ...

Researchers say a deadly earthquake in Japan and 2023’s most powerful solar flare occurring back-to-back can’t be a ...

Close-up observations of the Sun explain how solar flares start, grow, and send high-energy particles racing through space.

Sunspot AR3234 blasted an X2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...

In the span of two days last week, the sun released two strong solar flares — meaning the solar system experienced its most powerful explosions which can cause some communications blackouts on Earth, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A flurry of activity solar activity this week produced a severe solar storm, sparking northern lights as far south as Florida on ...

Our Sun is far from a quiet ball of fire. Recent missions like NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and Solar Dynamics Observatory have ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of the event, which could cause a series of radio and satellite blackouts across the U.S., according to NASA. Solar flares are powerful bursts of ...

The sun is not a static, tranquil sphere of gas, but an active, turbulent star with magnetic fields that twist and snap in powerful eruptions. Among the most striking and energetic of these eruptions ...

New research by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the National Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric ...