Northern lights occur when a solar flare interacts with Earth's atmosphere.

In a dramatic escalation of solar activity, the sun has unleashed an X8.3 flare — 2026’s strongest yet — causing radio ...

The Sun released a strong solar flare on Tuesday, Feb. 3, following several eruptions in the preceding days, prompting ...

The flares are coming from a solar region that was created in late January.

The sun is putting on a show. On Sunday the star unleashed several strong and bright solar flares, including one of the most ...

"This is the largest solar radiation storm in over 20 years," the Space Weather Prediction Center said on Monday.

Fired from a vast sunspot, the "coronal mass ejection" is expected to reach Earth on either Thursday or Friday this week.

Space weather has seen a flurry of activity this week. An explosive solar flare that erupted Tuesday, just two days after the ...

Scientists say this powerful surge in solar activity could set the stage for the northern lights to appear as early as Thursday, Feb. 5 ...

A rapidly growing sunspot has fired off at least 18 M-class and three X-class flares in just 24 hours, including an intense X8.3 eruption.

Federal agencies are delaying approvals for renewable energy projects on both federal land and private property at a time ...