A solar flare is a burst of radiation on the sun, according to NASA. They are the most powerful explosions in the solar system, with the biggest ones having as much energy as a billion hydrogen bombs.

The sun roared to life early Tuesday (May 14), unleashing a powerful X-class solar flare from a newly emerging sunspot region AR4087. The eruption peaked at 4:25 a.m. EDT (0825 GMT), triggering ...

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The sun unleashed a strong X1.2 solar flare on Tuesday, May 13, within the region on the sun's western limb, as scientists continue to monitor the possibilities of coronal mass ejections ...

A high-magnitude solar flare erupted from a new sunspot on the sun’s surface, which caused a disruption of radio signals across Earth’s Eastern Hemisphere on Tuesday. Classified as an X2.7 ...

The sun unleashed another strong X-class solar flare overnight, stronger than the one that occurred on Tuesday — an X2.7, the strongest so far this year. X-class flares are the strongest and ...

The culprit? A fiery X2.7-class solar flare that erupted from sunspot AR4087 early Tuesday morning (May 14), sending charged particles and plasma hurtling toward Earth. And experts warn ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare and X1 flare. See time-lapses of the flares in multiple wavelengths. Credit Space.com | footage c ...

On May 13, 2025 and May 14, 2025, the sun fired solar flares, and the radiation of those flares triggered radio black outs in some parts of the world, according to a forecast discussion from the ...

More eruptions are anticipated as AR4087 moves toward Earths alignment. The sun erupted with the year's most powerful solar flare on Wednesday, triggering widespread radio blackouts. The massive ...

"We've been able to show, for the very first time, that the sun's flare pulsations and Earth's atmosphere were pulsing in sync during a solar flare." Earth's atmosphere pulses in sync with the sun ...