After an X-class solar flare erupted, shortwave radio blackouts were detected across the Americas — the sunlit side of Earth at the time. These disruptions, common during intense solar activity, occur ...

Solar flares are classified on a scale of A, B, C, M, and X. Each class is 10 times more powerful than the last, with X-class flares being the most powerful and least frequent. Related ...

The latest flare is an X1.1 flare – marking a rare and powerful kind of blast. X is the most powerful class of solar flare. The number following it represents the strength, however, and 1.1 is ...

Solar flares are classified based on their strength and fall into five designated categories: A, B, C, M and X. An X-class ...

As the sun reaches its solar maximum, a strong solar flare erupted on March 28, which may enhance the visibility of the northern lights and disrupt technology.

Among the strongest flares was the X9.0 recorded on Octob... NASA's Parker Solar Probe is set for a record-breaking approach to the sun on December 24, travelling at 430,000 mph and reaching ...

A powerful X1.1-class solar flare causes radio blackouts across the Americas. It was followed by a coronal mass ejection.