The huge solar flare may be the last big explosion from the sun this year. The sun is not quite done with 2024.

It's been a busy year on the sun, as it officially entered the peak of its roughly 11-year cycle of activity, known as solar maximum. In 2024, the sun launched over 50 X-class solar flares — the ...

X9.0 solar flare: Largest of 2024 Powerful X-class solar flares recorded Intense solar storms spark auroras worldwide ...

The Origin of the Sun's Magnetic Field Could Lie Close to Its Surface May 22, 2024 — Surprise findings suggest sunspots and solar flares could be generated by a magnetic field within the Sun's ...

It's been a busy year on the sun, as it officially entered the peak of its roughly 11-year cycle of activity, known as solar ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare. See at time-lapse of the flare in multiple wavelengths. Credit Space.com | footage courtesy: NAS ...

An X1.1-class solar flare on Dec 29 disrupted Earth's radio systems Solar Cycle 25 activity exceeds forecasts, with ongoing intense solar eve A possible CME may boost northern lights during New Year ...

Solar flares are closely related to another solar ... X-class flares have been estimated to reach up to an X45; the largest on record, a 2003 Carrington-class near miss first believed to be ...

That title goes to an X9 solar flare on Oct. 3. It was the third largest solar flare since 2011 and the fifth largest since 2005. SWPC officials watched the X1.1. flare erupt with an instrument on ...