Northern lights occur when a solar flare interacts with Earth's atmosphere.
The flares are coming from a solar region that was created in late January.
Fired from a vast sunspot, the "coronal mass ejection" is expected to reach Earth on either Thursday or Friday this week.
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Sun unleashes extraordinary solar flare barrage as new volatile sunspot turns toward Earth
A rapidly growing sunspot has fired off at least 18 M-class and three X-class flares in just 24 hours, including an intense ...
The sun is experiencing a violent solar storm, releasing one of the strongest solar flares seen in the past 30 years ...
Scientists say this powerful surge in solar activity could set the stage for the northern lights to appear as early as ...
In a dramatic escalation of solar activity, the sun has unleashed an X8.3 flare — 2026’s strongest yet — causing radio ...
Multiple M-class and X-class solar flares erupted within 24 hours as an active sunspot released intense radiation affecting ...
The flare was part of a series of three X-class solar eruptions that occurred between late February 1 and early February 2.
Solar Orbiter captured the most detailed view of a solar flare, observing the build-up of events that lead to the explosion.
Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...
A strong solar flare peaked just after 9 a.m. Tuesday. What does that mean?
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