Scientists say our quiet star has the potential for a superflare. What happens the day it fires?
Although they would be exceedingly rare, there is evidence that suggests our Sun is capable of producing solar flares that ...
New solar telescope observations reveal swirling plasma movements on the Sun's surface. This phenomenon, known as Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, occurs at magnetic region boundaries. These turbulent ...
This Feb. 4, 2026, image from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captures a strong solar flare erupting from the star. Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy that can, along with other types ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three solar flares burst from the sun toward Earth this week, scientists said, and the enormous beams of energy, light and ...