A powerful solar flare recently occurred, but fortunately, it did not have a significant impact on Earth. However, it serves ...

Have you seen the Northern Lights? They're more than just pretty colors; when you see them in Pittsburgh, there's science ...

A new study reveals solar flares can reach a staggering 108 million degrees Fahrenheit, six times hotter than previously ...

Coronal loops are arc-shaped structures of plasma that follow the Sun's magnetic field lines. They often appear before solar ...

This is the conclusion of researchers from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, who found that the positively charged ions in solar flares—one of the two key components of solar plasma—can be ...

Scientists from the University of St Andrews have discovered that ions in solar flares can reach scorching temperatures more ...

The hottest parts of the sun are its solar flares, and a new study suggests these flares could be more than six times hotter ...

With advance warning, however, steps can be taken to reduce the risks. If an electrical grid is running near capacity, for ...

Solar flares heat ions much more strongly than electrons. The finding offers a new explanation for spectral line broadening. Recent work from the Andrews suggests that particles in solar flares can ...

Solar flares are colossal explosions in the sun's atmosphere that hurl out bursts of powerful radiation. These events are ...

The world's largest solar telescope just captured the highest-resolution images of a solar flare to date — and they're spectacular. Researchers trained the Hawaii-based Daniel K. Inouye Solar ...