High-energy, powerful, and violent stellar explosions called "superflares" have been found to erupt from stars like the sun roughly once every 100 years, making these blasts far more common than ...

Theoretical consequences if the sun were to suddenly explode.

The sun’s current 11-year activity cycle has already peaked—but extreme outbursts from our star may still be in store ...

The Sun is covered in dark patches bigger than Earth. A powerful flare has already erupted, with more likely coming.

Earlier this year, Earth experienced two geomagnetic storms caused by outbursts of radiation from the Sun, which had an impact on satellites in space and communication systems on the ground. As it ...