A high-powered solar flare erupted from the sun last week, causing a major radio blackout in Europe and Asia. The eruption happened at 3:25 a.m., meaning that the sun wasn't in the Texas sky at ...

In May 2024, the largest solar flare since 2017 was detected, ranking at an X-8.7 magnitude. Then in 2025, a flare May 13 was classified as an X-1.2, and another the next day was listed as an X-2. ...

Watch footage of the Sun unleashing an X1.2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in ...

It is the most powerful solar flare since September 2017, when the sun emitted an X11.8 and X13.3 flare within a few days of each other. You may like ...

Solar flares measured around X1 — like the May 13 and 14 events — indicate strong flare intensity. An X10 flare is described as as a severe event, according to NOAA. Advertisement ...

The most powerful solar flare of this solar cycle so far occurred on October 3, hitting X9.0-class in strength. Today's X9 (R3) flare was prolific, but impulsive (imagery courtesy of jhelioviewer).

A blazing X2.7-class solar flare erupted from sunspot AR4087 early Tuesday, hurling a scorching wave of plasma and charged particles straight at Earth. NASA/SDO.

A sunspot on the surface of the sun has erupted with a powerful solar flare, triggering radio blackouts across the planet. The X3.3-class flare was flung out from AR3869 in the early hours of ...

The X9.0 flare takes the crown from the previous strongest flare of Solar Cycle 25, which was an X8.7 flare on May 14. Thursday's flare is the 15th strongest on record, reports Space Weather Watch.

Add solar superflares to the list of natural disasters of concern. Superflares are extremely strong solar flares – explosions with energies up to ten thousand times that of typical solar flares ...

Solar flares are categorized based on their strength, with five designated categories: A, B, C, M and X. NASA Experts from Harvard University anticipate that the Sun will remain in Solar Cycle 25 ...

There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of solar maximum was a key reason for the spike, but other factors were also ...