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Satellite data reveals a huge solar storm in 2024 shrank Earth's protective plasma shield
Though it generated beautiful auroras around the world, the Gannon solar storm in 2024 was also a little dangerous.
How the sun threatens your nuts: Inside the $100 million solar storm peanut problem
Solar storms don't just trigger impressive auroras; they can scramble the GPS systems U.S. farmers rely on.
Sun fires off 2nd-strongest flare of 2025, sparking radio blackouts across Africa
The eruption was accompanied by a CME, which is currently under analysis to assess whether any part of it is headed for Earth.
Sun unleashes strongest solar flare of 2025, sparking radio blackouts across Africa and Europe
The X5.1-class eruption from sunspot AR4274 is this year's most powerful solar flare and Earth is in the firing line.
ESA's sun spacecraft captures 1st close-up of our star's magnetic engine in motion
"Solar Orbiter can now provide this missing piece of the puzzle."
Sun unleashes 2 colossal X-class solar flares, knocking out radio signals across the Americas and Pacific
The back-to-back eruptions caused radio blackouts across two hemispheres as the active sunspots turn to face Earth.
Scientists find twisting magnetic waves on the sun. Could this help solve a huge solar mystery?
"This discovery ends a protracted search for these waves that has its origins in the 1940s."
Sun's far side erupts in satellite image | Space photo of the day for Oct. 29, 2025
A massive coronal mass ejection erupted from the sun's far side late on Oct. 21, 2025 and was captured by a NOAA coronagraph.
