NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory captures sunspot AR3341 blast a powerful X1.1 solar flare. Credit: Space.com | footage ...

SUIT has captured a solar flare ‘kernel’ in the photosphere and chromosphere, recording images in the near-ultraviolet (NUV) band.

On Tuesday, the sun launched its largest solar flare in seven years and the largest of the ongoing 11-year solar cycle. It marks the culmination of an excessively busy period for our closest star.

The sun erupted with an X-class solar flare on Halloween, and solar activity is expected to remain high through Nov. 3.

The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly two decades Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places. “Not done yet ...

In this case, the bunny suit has nothing to do with Hugh Hefner. Also known as the clean room suit, the bunny suit is worn by semiconductor and nanotechnology line production workers.

Earth is bracing for blackouts after the sun unleashed a massive X-class solar flare — the most powerful it can generate — Tuesday evening.

A solar maximum the Sun produces more solar flares and coronal mass ejections —like today’s event—and that’s also when there are more sunspots on the Sun’s surface.

India's Aditya-L1 spacecraft captured detailed observations of a powerful solar flare last year, helping scientists better understand our star's eruptions.

Former astronaut Mike Massimino provides insights on a recent NASA-captured solar flare that disrupted radio signals on Earth.

The giant solar explosions of energy and light aren't over yet. Officials said on Tuesday that the sun just emitted another major solar flare – and that it's the strongest one so far in the ...

The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly two decades Tuesday, just days after severe solar storms pummeled Earth and created dazzling northern lights in unaccustomed places.