A potent M8.46-class solar flare on June 15 caused radio blackouts across North America, with a coronal mass ejection potentially impacting Earth on June 18.

X-class flares are the most powerful type of solar flare. Tuesday's event ranked as an X1.2, placing it at the lower end of the X-scale, but still strong enough to cause disruptions.

In May 2024, the largest solar flare since 2017 was detected, ranking at an X-8.7 magnitude. Then in 2025, a flare May 13 was classified as an X-1.2 , and another the next day was listed as an X-2.7.

An Earth-facing sunspot has turned into a prolific flare factory, firing off multiple powerful M-class solar flares in less than 24 hours, along with several minor C-class eruptions.

An X2.2 flare shot out just before the X9 flare on Wednesday, and an X1.3 flare shot forth from the star on Thursday. "This is a decade-class flare. A list of the most powerful solar flares ...

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Sunspot AR3184 erupted with an X1.9-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured the fireworks. The sunspot has been very active since it rotated into SDO's view. Credit ...

We propose to incorporate three interpretable methods, namely SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations), PDP (partial dependence plots) and Anchors, into a deep learning-based model, called SolarFlareNet, ...

E arth is heating up, but it doesn't only face threats from climate change. The Sun also experiences 'weather' changes, and one thing you might have heard about is solar flares. But what are they, ...

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, located on the summit of Haleakalā on the island of Maui, Hawaii, captured the sharpest-ever images of the sun's surface.