Discover what happens during a solar flare: sun eruptions, coronal mass ejection impacts, and space weather effects on Earth ...

NASA says a 'strong' solar flare could pose a number of risks to us on Earth after powerful bursts of energy, categorised as ...

On May 14, 2025, the sun erupted with the most powerful solar flare of the year. This X2.7 class event instantly caused massive radio blackouts across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, crippling ...

The Sun is approaching its most violent phase in decades, and the thousands of satellites keeping modern civilisation running are about to face their biggest test since we started relying on ...

This eruption was a Coronal Mass Ejection, or CME. These events are huge blobs of plasma (highly ionized gas) and magnetic ...

A stream of high-energy particles from a distant supernova explosion may have caused a packed passenger jet to suddenly lose ...

Astronomers say they spotted signs of a giant explosion releasing from a star beyond our solar system, one powerful enough to destroy a planet’s atmosphere.

The JetBlue flight was headed from Cancun to Newark on Oct. 30, when it fell out of the sky for no apparent reason in a ...

Intense solar radiation exposed a software flaw in Airbus A320 planes, grounding thousands globally. Airlines and regulators ...

At least one space launch has been put on hold, as satellite operators and rocket companies manage the effects of the current geomagnetic storm hitting Earth. A coronal mass ejection — giant solar ...