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4 large incoming solar bursts could supercharge the auroras this weekend
By Meredith Garofalo published
The NOAA has bumped up its geomagnetic storm watch for May 11 to a "rare" level as solar activity continues at high levels and at least four coronal mass ejections propel toward Earth.
Gargantuan sunspot 15-Earths wide erupts with another colossal X-class solar flare (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Earth is once again in the firing line.
Sun explodes in a flurry of powerful solar flares from hyperactive sunspots (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Watch the sun explode in a fury as it unleashes yet another barrage of solar flares, including two of the most powerful: X-class.
Spacecraft captures absolutely incredible video of plasma swirling on the sun
By Keith Cooper published
The video gives an insight into the energetic events that transfer energy and plasma into the solar corona that ultimately drives the solar wind.
Sun unleashes X-class solar flare, radio blackouts reported (video)
By Meredith Garofalo published
A recently detected sunspot region unleashed a powerful X4.5 solar flare early Monday morning, causing radio blackouts throughout parts of the Eastern Hemisphere.
2 colossal solar flares explode from the sun and Earth is in the firing line (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Newly emerged sunspot fires off X-class and an M-class solar flares in relatively quick succession. Watch the striking video and read about the possible effects here.
Solar maximum: What is it and when will it occur?
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Reference Want to know more about solar maximum and how it affects us? Read our complete guide on what solar maximum is and when it might occur.
Sun unleashes near X-class solar flare: M9.5 eruption sparks radio blackouts across the Pacific (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
Explore the impact of a near X-class solar flare, registering M9.5, as it disrupts radio signals across the Pacific. The eruption was sunspot AR3654's most powerful yet.
Watch 4 solar flares erupt from the sun at nearly the same time in extremely rare event (video)
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
The quadruple eruption was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Trains, planes and a total solar eclipse! Watching the moon block the sun was a transportation adventure (exclusive)
By Elizabeth Howell published
My family has been in transportation for generations, in planes and trains. I finally got my two ancestral lines to meet, eclipse-style, at a Canadian rail station near an airport.
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