Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We are currently midway through Solar Cycle 25, the 25th solar cycle since the naming convention began back with Solar Cycle 1 in ...

Earlier this week, the number of visible sunspots on our home star fell to zero for the first time in 1,335 days. This ...

Solar flares, the sudden bursts of radiation that erupt from the Sun’s atmosphere, have become a topic of intense scrutiny for scientists. The potential of these flares to disrupt power grids and ...

The sky is sizzling with cosmic potential! Over the past 24 hours, the sun has been especially active, unleashing a rapid-fire series of powerful solar flares, including an X8.3-class eruption, which ...

Researchers say a deadly earthquake in Japan and 2023’s most powerful solar flare occurring back-to-back can’t be a ...

The Sun has just unleashed an M5-class solar flare, a powerful burst of radiation that signals a clear uptick in solar activity as the current cycle heads toward its peak. While this event is not the ...

OVRO-LWA radio data contrasts a quiet day (Sept. 29, 2025) with the hours after the X1.7-class flare recorded at 2:35 ET on Nov. 9. The type III radio bursts, shown in the radio dynamic spectrum ...

A solar storm is a catchall term that describes any disturbance in the sun that involves the violent ejection of solar material into space. This can come in the form of coronal mass ejections, where ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Faint auroras may be visible across the Tri-State late Thursday night into Friday morning after a series of strong solar flares erupted from the sun in recent days. One of the ...

Scientists have proposed a surprising connection between solar flares and earthquakes. When solar activity disturbs the ...

LAS CRUCES — The eerie yet beautiful auroras that delivered pink and green nighttime skies across New Mexico and much of the U.S. this month are the result of geomagnetic storms caused by solar ...