A powerful solar flare erupted from the Sun on Tuesday, briefly disrupting communications on Earth. The powerful flare, rated X1.1, originated from the Sun's Region 4479, and peaked at 4:50 p.m. EDT, ...

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The Sun has recently produced two colossal X-class solar flares that disrupted radio signals across large swaths of the globe, just as Americans are still parsing memories of nationwide cell outages ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The northern lights may be visible this weekend after the ...