Solar flares hit earth all the time, and it's usually no big deal. Sometimes they cause relatively minor issues, like the one that hit in August 2023 and disrupted radio and navigation signal s ...

The sun blasted Earth with a powerful X-class solar flare on Tuesday, causing radio blackouts.; Three more moderate solar flares followed, and we could see more eruptions in the coming days. The ...

Last year, the Sun delivered an impressive spectacle with a series of powerful solar flares. These events led to the formation of a major geomagnetic storm that struck Earth on May 10, 2024. The ...

The burst of energy, known a a solar flare, was recorded just before 2 p.m. EST on Jan. 9. The flare was classified as an X1.9, the “X” meaning it is the strongest category, while the numbers ...

Solar flares are also classed by how powerful they are, on a scale of A, B, C, M and X, with X-class flares being the strongest. Each class is 10 times stronger than the previous, with an X1 flare ...

Solar flares, blasts of plasma gasses of solar energy might shape the short-term weather on distant planets according to a ...

A solar storm hitting Earth could cause parts of the nation to see the northern lights. ... The space agency says they often look like "huge, twisted rope" and can occur with solar flares, ...

Have you ever wondered what would happen if a solar flare hit Earth tomorrow? It’s a scenario that seems straight out of a ...

The most powerful solar flare of this solar cycle so far occurred on October 3, hitting X9.0-class in strength. Today's X9 (R3) flare was prolific, but impulsive (imagery courtesy of jhelioviewer).

Earth was hit by a massive X-class solar flare, creating an hour-long radio blackout in parts of southeast Asia, New Zealand, and Australia. The flare left the Sun at roughly 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday ...

According to Space, the X-class solar flare is expected to disrupt communications in some countries worldwide.It reported that the solar flare was launched from "sunspot region 3912," hitting its ...

X-class solar flares hit a new record in 2024 and could spike further this year — but the sun isn't entirely ... The effects of the more frequent X-class flares were widely felt on Earth in 2024.