Astronomers used ALMA to observe Proxima Centauri and found frequent, intense flares that could destroy atmospheres of nearby ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spied dynamic flares of light near the supermassive black hole at the ...

The sun has somewhat surprised forecasters today with a dramatic X-class solar flare from a newly emerging sunspot region. The intense solar flare originated from sunspot region AR4046 and was ...

ESA’s Gaia mission ends after 12 years, having mapped 2 billion stars and reshaped astronomy. Its data will fuel discoveries ...

The sun unleashed a strong X1.1 solar flare on Friday, March 28, as scientists continue to monitor the possibilities of coronal mass ejections, which can ultimately lead to geomagnetic storms ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.

Solar flares are bursts of radiation from the sun’s surface, sometimes followed by a bubble of magnetized plasma particles called a coronal mass ejection (CME). If they happen to spray out in ...

And a few months later, spectacular auroras, which could even be seen in southern Europe, were accompanied by similarly strong flares. Other space observatories, such as NASA's Solar Dynamics ...