Northern lights occur when a solar flare interacts with Earth's atmosphere.

On February 4, 2026, the Sun unleashed an intense X4.2 solar flare, sparking significant radio blackouts across parts of ...

Space weather has seen a flurry of activity this week. An explosive solar flare that erupted Tuesday, just two days after the ...

The Sun released a strong solar flare on Tuesday, Feb. 3, following several eruptions in the preceding days, prompting ...

The Sun has entered one of its most volatile moods in years, hurling a torrent of powerful flares and charged particles into ...

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

Fired from a vast sunspot, the "coronal mass ejection" is expected to reach Earth on either Thursday or Friday this week.

During a close approach to the Sun, the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter watched that tipping point unfold in unusually ...

Solar flares are characterized by intense bursts of energy and radiation from the Sun’s surface. In a matter of just a few ...

This cluster of sunspots has produced more than 60 solar flares, including several that could spark colorful auroras across ...

The sun has continued to release X-class solar flares this week, but northern lights chances haven't increased. Here's why.

NASA has reported a X4.2 solar flare, so what does it mean? We break down what a solar flare is and how it connects to the aurora Australis.