Watch: Solar Flares Explained in One Brilliant NASA Video

Watch: Solar Flares Explained in One Brilliant NASA Video

Solar flares and coronal mass ejections sometimes happen at the same time, but they are not the same thing

Three Massive Flares Documented on the Sun in Just Two Days

Three Massive Flares Documented on the Sun in Just Two Days

Such bursts have the potential to interfere with radio communications and GPS signals

Major Flares Documented on the Sun This Past June 10

Major Flares Documented on the Sun This Past June 10

The impressive solar flares occurred minutes apart, astronomers say

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 7th, 2014
Ocean Temperature Fluctuations Linked to Volcanism and Solar Activity

Ocean Temperature Fluctuations Linked to Volcanism and Solar Activity

New study looked at variations in the temperature of the North Atlantic

Sun Releases M-Class Solar Flare on April 2

Sun Releases M-Class Solar Flare on April 2

The event was captured by NASA telescopes in orbit

Solar Dynamics Observatory Sees X-Class Flare on the Sun

Solar Dynamics Observatory Sees X-Class Flare on the Sun

Events of this class are the most energetic the Sun can produce

Sun Produced an M-Class Solar Flare on Wednesday

Sun Produced an M-Class Solar Flare on Wednesday

SDO observed the event in multiple wavelengths, NASA reports

Active Region on the Sun Is Larger than Jupiter

Active Region on the Sun Is Larger than Jupiter

The region is producing solar flares relatively often

You Too Can Hear What Solar Flares Sound Like

You Too Can Hear What Solar Flares Sound Like

A NASA lunar orbiter is providing live sounds streams

Video of 2014's First X-Class Solar Flare

Video of 2014's First X-Class Solar Flare

Activity is picking up on the surface of the star, experts say

Sun Looks like a Rainbow in New SDO Collage

Sun Looks like a Rainbow in New SDO Collage

Multiple wavelengths were stitched together for this image

Some Power Grids Are Very Vulnerable to Space Weather

Some Power Grids Are Very Vulnerable to Space Weather

Solar flares can easily destabilize grids, under some specific conditions

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 20th, 2012
How Solar Plasma Loops Work

How Solar Plasma Loops Work

Understanding them can help predict solar flares

Fourth of July Fireworks on the Sun [Photo]

Fourth of July Fireworks on the Sun [Photo]

NASA observes large solar flare on the surface of the star

Highly Active Region on the Sun Spews Out Solar Flares

Highly Active Region on the Sun Spews Out Solar Flares

The area has recently produced two coronal mass ejections as well

Uranus Reveals Its Auroras in Hubble Images

Uranus Reveals Its Auroras in Hubble Images

The ice giant is the seventh planet from the Sun

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 26th, 2012
Solar Eruptions Could Make for a New Power Source

Solar Eruptions Could Make for a New Power Source

Recent events delivered a lot of electricity to the atmosphere

 
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