When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A large solar prominence (bottom right) bursts from the sun while a plasma tornado (top right) ...

Two solar storms, or coronal mass ejections (CMEs), are partly directed at Earth and will reach the -planet on Friday. A solar eruptive prominence as seen in extreme UV light on March 30, 2010.

While many cities and towns across the globe ended 2023 with fireworks, the sun was busy producing some excitement of its own —an X5 solar flare. This was the largest solar flare observed by NOAA’s ...