Sunspot AR4366 has been very active with several flares recorded, the biggest of them being an X8.3-class solar flare. NOAA's GOES-17 satellite captured the fireworks. Credit: Space.com | footage cour

Scientists studying 50 years of solar data warn Earth may be entering a heightened risk period for rare “superflares” capable of disrupting technology worldwide.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly two decades Tuesday, just ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA telescope has captured the biggest solar flare in years, which ...

Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, are pictured following a powerful sunstorm over Portsall, western France, on Jan. 19, 2026. Credit - AFP—Getty Images Earth has suffered worse. Within the M, C, B, and X categories is a more precise 1 to 9 scale, with ...

TALAT - The sun blasts its biggest solar flare in years and a stolen fire engine wreaks havoc. Just in time for the festive Fourth weekend, the sun put on a fireworks show of its own. And the whole thing was caught on camera. Clearly not wanting to be ...

On May 29, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a new family of sunspots produced the largest solar flare observed since since October 2017. The flare was not strong enough to meet NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center threshold to issue an alert.

On May 23, 1967, a highly active sunspot region, McMath Region 8818, produced a series of solar flares. The events were massive, including a rare white-light flare and one of the largest solar radio bursts ever recorded – so large,