The sun spit out the largest solar flare in more than a decade on Tuesday, though after a week of being pummeled by plasma, the Earth could be in the clear this time.

Solar flares can impact radio communications and pose risks to spacecrafts and astronauts, according to NASA.

The strongest solar flare in over six years erupted from the sun Thursday afternoon, causing radio blackouts here on Earth, primarily in South America. Within the next couple of days, solar ...

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Three top-tier X-class solar flares launched off the sun between Wednesday and Thursday. The first two occurred seven hours apart, coming in at X1.9 and X1.6 magnitude respectively. The third, the ...

Only 12 flares more powerful than X10-class have ever been recorded. The most powerful solar flare of this solar cycle so far occurred on October 3, hitting X9.0-class in strength.

The biggest solar flare since 2017 just launched off the sun Energy from the eruption could cause minor geomagnetic storming on Earth and the northern lights in the ...

The strongest solar flare in nearly a decade has erupted from the Sun, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced on Tuesday. The mega category X8.7 flare is much stronger ...

This week, the sun let out a powerful solar flare - the most powerful since 2017, and among the most powerful recorded to date.

A hyperactive sunspot recently unleashed its third X-class flare in under 24 hours. The X6 flare is the most powerful since 2017 and could be followed by equally massive explosions.

The strongest solar flare in half a decade just launched off the sun from the same sunspot group that triggered dazzling auroras last weekend. But don't expect northern lights this time around.

The solar flare was categorized as an X1.08-class flare, making it one of the most powerful classes of flare to be ejected from the sun.