A solar flare is a burst of radiation on the sun, according to NASA. They are the most powerful explosions in the solar system, with the biggest ones having as much energy as a billion hydrogen bombs.

Scientists have uncovered the strongest solar storm ever recorded, striking Earth in 12350 BC — 500 times stronger than any ...

The sun has produced stunning auroras on Earth in recent years as solar activity has peaked—but expect more in coming years ...

So which planets in our solar system have rings? All four giant planets — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — sport these ...

A new NASA mission to map the solar wind has returned some of its first images from its position in low Earth orbit. The ...

Impact of solar storm from 12350BC could be much worse than what we knew - Findings could be key for evaluating risks posed ...

New findings suggest that a mysterious solar event roughly 500 times more powerful than any recorded by scientists struck the ...

Learn about the strongest solar storm to ever strike Earth, occurring around 14,300 years ago during the last Ice Age.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed that crystalline water ice exists in the debris disk surrounding HD 181327, a ...