As the sun geared up to spit a powerful solar flare into space, NASA scientists snapped huge ... Having an early-warning system for solar flares could help us protect infrastructure and technology ...

More powerful solar flares are more common during the sun's solar maximum, which we have entered, NASA and NOAA announced ...

Solar flares are classified based on their strength and fall into five designated categories: A, B, C, M and X. An X-class ...

A powerful X1.1-class solar flare was released by the sun on March 28, resulting in radio blackouts across North and South ...

let loose a solar flare on Thursday, and NASA's sun-observing Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the moment. And now, a pair of freshly released GIFs — technically, one is just a zoomed-in vers ...

Using NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, a team has identified early warning signs of solar flares. Aurora alert by NASA: Strong solar geomagnetic storm to bring spectacular northern lights on ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope can now detect solar flares occuring on the side of the sun it cannot see. This could help scientists better understand solar ...

An curved arrow pointing right. On April 2 and 3, 2017, three solar flares erupted from the sun. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the stunning view. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which is constantly observing the sun's activity, captured video of the sun emitting a significant solar flare on Dec. 19, 2014. Photo: YouTube/NASA Goddard ...

A video captured by the GOES-16 satellite, which is jointly operated by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows the X-class solar flare bursting forth from a ...