By tracing solar flare gamma rays, scientists gain new insight into particle behavior that shapes space weather forecasts.

NJIT researchers have identified a class of high-energy particles responsible for the Sun’s mysterious and long-lasting gamma ...

Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth's nearest star produces its most ...

Sunspot AR3234 blasted an X2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple ...

Have you ever seen a coronal mass ejection? It’s the eruption of plasma during a solar flare, and new video captured one powerful eruption in stunning detail. A solar flare is usually the genesis of a ...

“It’s a milestone in solar physics,” said Ioannis Kontogiannis, a solar physicist at the Swiss Federal Institute of ...

Researchers followed a single solar hotspot for 3 months as it unleashed nearly 1,000 flares, revealing insights about our Sun's fury.

The sun may be coming out of its slumber at long last. On Friday morning (May 29), our star fired off its strongest flare since October 2017, an eruption spotted by NASA's sun-watching Solar Dynamics ...

A geomagnetic storm watch has been issued after a powerful solar flare over the weekend. The solar flare peaked at 9:49 p.m. EST on Sunday, November 30, said NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which ...

(NEXSTAR) — It’s been a busy few weeks on the sun, and yet another eruption of material has been blasted out into space. If conditions are right, it could spark strong G3 geomagnetic storm levels on ...

Scientists tracked active solar region NOAA 13664 for 94 days, showing how persistent magnetic complexity drives flares and ...

A patch of turmoil on the Sun can feel far away, until it reaches into your daily life. In 2024, one solar region became so ...