An X-class solar flare and coronal mass ejection threaten to interfere with the most anticipated space launch in over 50 years.
A large, hyperactive group of sunspots just produced its sixth X-class solar flare of the week.
Storms of this severity can impact satellites, astronauts, and some commercial flights.
The region has unleashed at least two powerful solar flares in the last 12 hours, and experts are certain there's more to come.
Scientists suspect that smaller "tornadoes" of solar plasma and magnetic field may be escaping our detection.
“The Sun is slowly waking up.”
The explosion created a 250,000-mile-long, boiling trench of hot plasma and debris in the star’s outer atmosphere.
Scientists predict another solar eruption may take place today.
