The sun lit up with a stunning display. Are northern lights next?

A new sunspot group has quickly grown and is spewing out the most intense type of solar flare. Effects on Earth are forecast ...

Sun releases 4 strong solar flares: What to expect

Northern lights occur when a solar flare interacts with Earth's atmosphere.
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Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) is plunging directly toward the sun—current location and trajectory

The comet runs the risk of being destroyed by its extremely close approach to the Sun in April 2026.

He witnessed the sun’s power like nobody else before or since. Now his first portrait has been found

Richard Carrington’s name has long been connected with the most intense solar storm ever recorded, but his face was unknown until a lost portrait surfaced.
Scientific American

The sun just unleashed its most powerful solar flare in years

The sun is experiencing a violent solar storm, releasing one of the strongest solar flares seen in the past 30 years ...
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Sun launches 27 solar flares in 24 hours, including strongest one in years

The sunspot region 4366 fired off dozens of powerful solar flares in 24 hours, including the single strongest flare since 2024. Auroras are possible later this week.
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Sun unleashes extraordinary solar flare barrage as new volatile sunspot turns toward Earth

A rapidly growing sunspot has fired off at least 18 M-class and three X-class flares in just 24 hours, including an intense X8.3 eruption.
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The Sun is stronger than our electric grid — and we are defenseless against it

Recent X8-class solar flare activity reveals critical weaknesses in America's power grid, where geomagnetic currents could destroy transformers and trigger prolonged blackouts.

Sunspot activity could bring auroras to the U.S., but could Texans catch a glimpse?

This cluster of sunspots has produced more than 60 solar flares, including several that could spark colorful auroras across ...