Solar flares can affect us on Earth, and radiation from this flare caused a shortwave radio blackout. A map released by the ...

Solar flares can impact radio communications and pose risks to spacecrafts and astronauts, according to NASA.

The sun spit out the largest solar flare in more than a decade on Tuesday, though after a week of being pummeled by plasma, the Earth could be in the clear this time.

The sun emitted a powerful solar flare days after separate flares produced a geomagnetic storm that disrupted technology and revealed the northern lights.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare and X1 flare. See time ...

Like the number of sunspots, the occurrence of solar flares follows the approximately 11-year solar cycle. But as the current Solar Cycle 25 approaches its peak, how are the number of solar flares ...

After causing the dazzling waves of aurora borealis this weekend, our Sun isn’t done yet: The strongest solar flare of the current solar cycle occurred Tuesday afternoon, according to the ...

The sun is crackling with ‘solar flares’. Here’s what that means. The sudden flare-up of activity bodes well for a potentially active solar cycle and colorful aurora displays ...

Three solar flares occurred over a 24-hour period this week. While we may not see them with a naked eye, they can affect Earth. Here's how.

We're at the beginning od a serous cycle of solar flares; read on to learn more about how these forces affect us physically and energetically. Shutterstock The sun has really been showing off its ...