Stars like our sun may eject extremely violent flares about once per century, which is “surprisingly” often, scientists say in a new study. “We were very surprised that sun-like stars are ...

We know that in 1859, our star produced an extremely powerful solar flare, a burst of light radiation. These are often associated with a subsequent coronal mass ejection (CME), a bubble of ...

Solar flares are bright flashes of light from the Sun that release large amounts of electromagnetic radiation. And while normal flares can release as much as 10 25 joules of energy, so-called ...

Northern Lights could be incoming midweek after the first powerful X-rated solar flare for many weeks. Satellites in Earth orbit detected an X2.2 class solar flare early on Dec. 8, 2024 ...

Space weather refers to events beyond Earth’s atmosphere. The primary source is the sun, with disturbances coming from solar flares, coronal mass ejections and magnetic storms. Scientists from ...

A 'reckless' British Army captain has been slapped with a huge fine and lambasted for his 'pure stupidity' after he kept grenades and flares in his room. Captain Adam Phenix-Norman had to pay £ ...

A huge flare from Fawley oil refinery sent black plumes of smoke into the sky this morning. It comes as "major maintenance" on the ExxonMobil site is set to come to an end. Stephen Lynch capture ...