The flares are coming from a solar region that was created in late January.

The Sun fired off six X-class flares in the first four days of February 2026, a burst of extreme activity spanning roughly 400,000 miles of the solar disk. That stretch covers nearly half the Sun’s ...

Space weather has seen a flurry of activity this week. An explosive solar flare that erupted Tuesday, just two days after the sun unleashed one of its most powerful flares, temporarily disrupted ...

This means that there may be a chance to spot the northern lights this week on Thursday, February 5, according to the ...

Sun Region 4366 has produced dozens of solar flares since Jan. 30, "putting on quite a show," says Slooh President and astrophysicist Dr. Emma Cain Louden.

NASA explained that the flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, and navigation signals.

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

In a dramatic escalation of solar activity, the sun has unleashed an X8.3 flare — 2026’s strongest yet — causing radio blackouts as scientists monitor Earth-directed CMEs ...

LAS CRUCES — The eerie yet beautiful auroras that delivered pink and green nighttime skies across New Mexico and much of the U.S. this month are the result of geomagnetic storms caused by solar ...

The Sun released a strong solar flare on Tuesday, Feb. 3, following several eruptions in the preceding days, prompting increased geomagnetic storm activity.

For the first time, scientists have used satellite data to create a 3D map of the sun's interior magnetic field, the fundamental driver of solar activity. The research, published in The Astrophysical ...