Sunspot AR3186 erupted with an X1-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple wavelengths. Credit: NASA/SDO/HelioViewer| edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta ...

Watch NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory's M9.6-class flare. Credit: NASA/SDO/Helio Viewer | edited by Space.com's Steve ...

By sifting through that vast dataset, the team found 2,889 likely superflares on 2,527 sunlike stars. That works out to ...

Giant flares blasted out of supermagnetized stars called "magnetars" could forge planets' worth of gold and other heavy ...

An accused shoplifter accidentally shot a flare gun inside of a Walmart in Kilgore, Texas, police said. Getty Images/iStockphoto An accused shoplifter’s attempt to fly under the radar was ruined ...

An accused shoplifter’s attempt to fly under the radar was ruined when he accidentally fired a flare gun inside a Walmart and “caused panic,” according to Texas police. It happened at night ...