A strong X1.3 solar flare produced a striking red, white and blue display in imagery from the Solar Dynamics Observatory over ...
Recent reports of powerful solar flares erupting from the Sun have sparked global attention and woken up conspiracy theorists (cue end-of-the-world theories). This prompted warnings of radio blackouts ...
The sun is not a static, tranquil sphere of gas, but an active, turbulent star with magnetic fields that twist and snap in powerful eruptions. Among the most striking and energetic of these eruptions ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Thermal image of an eruption or flare on the surface of the ...
Every 11 years the sun goes through a natural uptick in activity as its magnetic poles, like those that we have on earth at the north and south poles, flip in orientation. It’s right in the middle of ...
A strong solar flare erupted from a sunspot facing Earth on June 30, causing radio blackouts across parts of North America.