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'A wonderful spectacle': Photographer snaps rare solar eruption as 'magnetic noose' strangles the sun's south poleA recent solar flare unleashed a massive plasma plume from the sun's south pole, where these stellar eruptions rarely happen. The unusual phenomenon is a sign of the impending solar maximum.
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Photos: Ghostly plasma loops linger on the sun after massive solar explosionA photographer recently snapped an incredibly detailed photo of gigantic, ghostly plasma loops towering above the sun's fiery surface after a powerful solar flare exploded from the sun.
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Monstrous X5 solar flare launched on New Year's Eve could bring auroras to Earth tonightIn the final hours of Dec. 31, 2023, the sun launched its most powerful solar flare in 6 years. On Jan. 2, radiation from the blast may bring auroras to Earth's skies.
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Monster X-class flare is most powerful solar eruption since 2017, could trigger auroras and major geomagnetic stormsOn Dec. 14, a 2.8 magnitude X-class flare exploded from the sun, triggering radio blackouts on Earth and unleashing a CME that could also hit our planet in the next few days. It is the most powerful solar flare in more than six years.
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'Cannibal' solar explosion likely to hit Earth today, bringing strong geomagnetic storm and widespread aurorasA recent solar explosion that almost reached "X-class" status has hurled a massive coronal mass ejection toward Earth, which will likely hit our planet and trigger a geomagnetic storm on Dec. 1.
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Solar storm causes 'impossible,' pumpkin-colored auroras to fill the skyA striking new image shows bright orange auroras dancing in the night sky above Canada. But auroras should never be this color, so what's going on?
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Ancient superpowered solar storm that hit Earth 14,000 years ago is the 'biggest ever identified'High radiocarbon levels in the rings of subfossil tree stumps suggest that an incomprehensibly powerful solar storm, known as a "Miyake event," smashed into our planet more than 14 millennia ago.
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See green comet Nishimura's tail get whipped away by powerful solar storm as it slingshots around the sunAfter surviving its closest approach to the sun, Comet Nishimura was buffeted by a possible coronal mass ejection that briefly blew its tail away. The rare event was captured by a NASA spacecraft.
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Watch: NASA spacecraft flies through a violent solar explosion for 1st time ever — and survives unscathedNASA's Parker Solar Probe plunged through a hellish coronal mass ejection (CME) to capture its mysterious swirlings on film.
