Solar Flare News Archive
This is an archive of articles about solar flares from previous years. For an introduction to solar flares, and more recent news articles, please visit the solar flare page. For recent news articles in other topics, check out the In the News section.
December 15, 2006: ESA mission controllers react to solar flare -- European Space Agency
December 7, 2006: Russian scientists expect powerful solar flares -- SpaceDaily
November 7, 2006: Monster stellar flare seen by NASA scientists dwarfs all others -- SpaceDaily
September 26, 2006: Solar flares could seriously disrupt GPS receivers -- EurekAlert!
September 19, 2006: Solar scientists wait for explosive data -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
September 12, 2006: Probing the most energetic explosions in the solar system -- SpaceDaily
July 11, 2006: Flare ends solar quiet spell -- SpaceDaily
May 2, 2006: Sunspot 875 flares -- NASA GSFC APOD
February 23, 2006: Solar flare hits Earth and Mars -- Space.com
February 23, 2006: Scientists discover Mars atmosphere altered by solar flares -- MarsDaily
December 14, 2005: Triggering solar mayhem -- Physical Review Focus
October 26, 2005: An odd list of body parts -- Science@NASA
October 9, 2005: Who's afraid of a solar flare? -- SpaceDaily
September 13, 2005: Aurorae on the way? -- Astronomy.com
September 9, 2005: NOAA issues another space weather warning; powerful solar flare erupts -- NOAA News
September 8, 2005: Sun kicks up major flare, more expected -- Space.com
August 16, 2005: NASA scientists closer to timely space weather forecasts -- NASA HQ
May 25, 2005: NASA's Chandra finds Saturn reflects X-rays from Sun -- NASA HQ
May 24, 2005: Solar fireworks signal new space weather mystery -- NASA HQ
May 16, 2005: Major solar storm Monday caused top level geomagnetic storm -- SpaceDaily
May 15, 2005: NOAA issues space weather warning -- NOAA
May 11, 2005: Sun flares may have spawned Earth -- Australian Broadcasting Company
April 12, 2005: Study probes solar eruptions -- CNN.com
April 6, 2005: Solving the mystery of solar flares -- SpaceRef.com
February 22, 2005: Solar tadpoles wave at astrophysicists -- EurekAlert!
January 27, 2005: Sickening solar flares -- Science@NASA
January 21, 2005: Sunspot cluster ejects huge radiation storm -- New Scientist
January 18, 2005: Powerful solar storm to hit Earth by Wednesday -- Space.com
December 15, 2004: No safe place for satellites -- Space.com
June 1, 2004: Infrared camera peeks below the visible surface of the Sun -- National Solar Observatory
May 31, 2004: New eyes on old telescope provide insight into solar storm -- National Solar Observatory
May 24, 2004: The abundances of heavy and ultra-heavy ions in 3He-rich solar flares -- ACE News
March 17, 2004: Sun's massive explosion upgraded -- BBC News
March 15, 2004: Biggest ever solar flare was even bigger than thought -- AGU News
February 15, 2004: RHESSI satellite completes successful second year of solar flare observation -- SpaceRef.com
December 8, 2003: Extensive destruction powers solar explosions -- NASA GSFC
November 28, 2003: Massive solar storms inflict little damage on Earth -- AGU Space Weather
November 28, 2003: Flare damages Mars Odyssey probe -- BBC News
November 14, 2003: Fireballs from space -- ScienCentral
November 11, 2003: Solar flare 'reproduced' in lab -- BBC News
November 6, 2003: Flare Well AR 10486 -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 5, 2003: Latest Sun flare put at X28, strongest on record -- Space.com
November 3, 2003: Sounds in silence: Cassini eavesdrops on solar storms -- Space.com
October 31, 2003: Solar storm impacts may never be known -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
October 30, 2003: Earth buffeted by big solar flare -- BBC News
October 29, 2003: The scoop on solar flares -- CNN
October 29, 2003: A powerful solar flare -- NASA GSFC APOD
October 23, 2003: SOHO spots Jupiter-sized sunspot & Earth-directed flares -- NASA GSFC
September 15, 2003: Solar flares from the galactic deep -- SpaceDaily
September 12, 2003: Solar flares on steroids -- Science@NASA
September 5, 2003: Solar flare serves up antimatter surprises -- Scientific American
September 2, 2003: Antimatter factory on Sun yields clues to solar explosions -- NASA GSFC
September 2, 2003: RHESSI satellite offers clues about how solar explosions act as particle accelerators -- UC Berkeley News
August 22, 2003: Major flares are predictable on far-away stars, analysis of radio observations reveals -- EurekAlert
July 21, 2003: Sun's microflares could play macro role in heating corona -- ScienceDaily
July 9, 2003: The heat is on: New Sun-watcher finds solar flares hotter than hot -- Space.com
June 19, 2003: Solar flares and global warming -- Physics News Update
June 18, 2003: Spacecraft trio peeks at secret recipe for stormy solar weather -- NASA GSFC
March 28, 2003: Highly-fractionated impulsive solar flare events -- ACE News
February 14, 2003: UM researchers uncover piece to puzzle of magnetic explosions -- University of Maryland
November 7, 2002: UC Berkeley analysis of satellite data turns up first direct evidence that magnetic processes in space can accelerate electrons to near light speed -- UC Berkeley
July 26, 2002: Violent days on the Sun -- ESA
July 25, 2002: Solar grand slam -- NASA GSFC
June 7, 2002: Surprises from solar X-rays -- Sky & Telescope
June 5, 2002: RHESSI captures new light from Sun, reveals surprises in solar flares -- NASA GSFC
March 25, 2002: Footprints of fire: Dancing in the circle of light -- NASA GSFC HEAPOW
March 20, 2002: NASA celebrates Sun-Earth Day with fireworks -- NASA GSFC
February 18, 2002: Candid snaps of a star's outburst -- NASA GSFC HEAPOW
February 12, 2002: Coming to a theater near you -- The stormy Sun -- NASA GSFC Imagine the Universe!
February 6, 2002: The biggest explosions in the Solar System -- Science@NASA
February 5, 2002: Solar explorer successfully launched by Pegasus rocket -- Spaceflight Now
February 5, 2002: Sun cranks out rare cookie cutter flares -- NASA GSFC
February 5, 2002: New orbiter to make X-ray flicks of Sun -- CNN
February 1, 2002: HESSI set for February 5 launch -- NASA Goddard News
January 18, 2002: New HESSI spacecraft to steal secrets of solar flares -- NASA GSFC
January 15, 2002: Red auroral corona -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 10, 2001: Yohkoh mission celebrates a decade of solar discovery -- NASA GSFC
August 10, 2001: Stormy space weather takes a toll on Earth's ozone -- Spaceflight Now
August 6, 2001: Ulysses spacecraft observes surprising reach of solar activity -- SpaceDaily
August 1, 2001: Stormy space weather takes a toll on ozone -- NASA GSFC
August 1, 2001: Solar storms destroy ozone, study reconfirms -- NASA GSFC
June 12, 2001: The biggest explosions in the solar system -- Science@NASA
April 27, 2001: The transparent Sun -- Science@NASA
April 16, 2001: Major solar flare erupts -- Spaceflight Now
April 15, 2001: Sun produces another powerful solar flare -- spacetoday.net
April 4, 2001: Sun unleashes record flare, Earth safe from solar bullet -- Spaceflight Now
November 22, 2000: Solar flare stuns Stardust -- Science@NASA
July 13, 2000: LP 944-20: A failed star flares -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 22, 2000: Solving a solar magnetic mystery -- Space.com
June 21, 2000: Solar storm warning down to 12 hours -- SpaceDaily
June 21, 2000: Capturing solar magnetic fields snap backs -- SpaceDaily
April 25, 2000: 3He enhancements at interplanetary shocks -- ACE News
March 10, 2000: SOHO sees through the Sun, finds storms on other side -- Spacelflight Now
February 7, 2000: Major flare erupts on Sun -- BBC
December 17, 1999: Balloon flight will help scientists understand how to shield Mars crews -- NASA MSFC
June 2, 1999: Solar flares show their true colors -- NASA MSFC
June 1, 1999: "Cool" microflares could be solar hot spots -- NASA MSFC
December 6, 1998: When the Sun "sneezes", ACE takes it's temperature -- NASA GSFC
November 11, 1998: Interplanetary propagation of ions from impulsive solar flares -- ACE News
December 7, 2006: Russian scientists expect powerful solar flares -- SpaceDaily
November 7, 2006: Monster stellar flare seen by NASA scientists dwarfs all others -- SpaceDaily
September 26, 2006: Solar flares could seriously disrupt GPS receivers -- EurekAlert!
September 19, 2006: Solar scientists wait for explosive data -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
September 12, 2006: Probing the most energetic explosions in the solar system -- SpaceDaily
July 11, 2006: Flare ends solar quiet spell -- SpaceDaily
May 2, 2006: Sunspot 875 flares -- NASA GSFC APOD
February 23, 2006: Solar flare hits Earth and Mars -- Space.com
February 23, 2006: Scientists discover Mars atmosphere altered by solar flares -- MarsDaily
December 14, 2005: Triggering solar mayhem -- Physical Review Focus
October 26, 2005: An odd list of body parts -- Science@NASA
October 9, 2005: Who's afraid of a solar flare? -- SpaceDaily
September 13, 2005: Aurorae on the way? -- Astronomy.com
September 9, 2005: NOAA issues another space weather warning; powerful solar flare erupts -- NOAA News
September 8, 2005: Sun kicks up major flare, more expected -- Space.com
August 16, 2005: NASA scientists closer to timely space weather forecasts -- NASA HQ
May 25, 2005: NASA's Chandra finds Saturn reflects X-rays from Sun -- NASA HQ
May 24, 2005: Solar fireworks signal new space weather mystery -- NASA HQ
May 16, 2005: Major solar storm Monday caused top level geomagnetic storm -- SpaceDaily
May 15, 2005: NOAA issues space weather warning -- NOAA
May 11, 2005: Sun flares may have spawned Earth -- Australian Broadcasting Company
April 12, 2005: Study probes solar eruptions -- CNN.com
April 6, 2005: Solving the mystery of solar flares -- SpaceRef.com
February 22, 2005: Solar tadpoles wave at astrophysicists -- EurekAlert!
January 27, 2005: Sickening solar flares -- Science@NASA
January 21, 2005: Sunspot cluster ejects huge radiation storm -- New Scientist
January 18, 2005: Powerful solar storm to hit Earth by Wednesday -- Space.com
December 15, 2004: No safe place for satellites -- Space.com
June 1, 2004: Infrared camera peeks below the visible surface of the Sun -- National Solar Observatory
May 31, 2004: New eyes on old telescope provide insight into solar storm -- National Solar Observatory
May 24, 2004: The abundances of heavy and ultra-heavy ions in 3He-rich solar flares -- ACE News
March 17, 2004: Sun's massive explosion upgraded -- BBC News
March 15, 2004: Biggest ever solar flare was even bigger than thought -- AGU News
February 15, 2004: RHESSI satellite completes successful second year of solar flare observation -- SpaceRef.com
December 8, 2003: Extensive destruction powers solar explosions -- NASA GSFC
November 28, 2003: Massive solar storms inflict little damage on Earth -- AGU Space Weather
November 28, 2003: Flare damages Mars Odyssey probe -- BBC News
November 14, 2003: Fireballs from space -- ScienCentral
November 11, 2003: Solar flare 'reproduced' in lab -- BBC News
November 6, 2003: Flare Well AR 10486 -- NASA GSFC APOD
November 5, 2003: Latest Sun flare put at X28, strongest on record -- Space.com
November 3, 2003: Sounds in silence: Cassini eavesdrops on solar storms -- Space.com
October 31, 2003: Solar storm impacts may never be known -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
October 30, 2003: Earth buffeted by big solar flare -- BBC News
October 29, 2003: The scoop on solar flares -- CNN
October 29, 2003: A powerful solar flare -- NASA GSFC APOD
October 23, 2003: SOHO spots Jupiter-sized sunspot & Earth-directed flares -- NASA GSFC
September 15, 2003: Solar flares from the galactic deep -- SpaceDaily
September 12, 2003: Solar flares on steroids -- Science@NASA
September 5, 2003: Solar flare serves up antimatter surprises -- Scientific American
September 2, 2003: Antimatter factory on Sun yields clues to solar explosions -- NASA GSFC
September 2, 2003: RHESSI satellite offers clues about how solar explosions act as particle accelerators -- UC Berkeley News
August 22, 2003: Major flares are predictable on far-away stars, analysis of radio observations reveals -- EurekAlert
July 21, 2003: Sun's microflares could play macro role in heating corona -- ScienceDaily
July 9, 2003: The heat is on: New Sun-watcher finds solar flares hotter than hot -- Space.com
June 19, 2003: Solar flares and global warming -- Physics News Update
June 18, 2003: Spacecraft trio peeks at secret recipe for stormy solar weather -- NASA GSFC
March 28, 2003: Highly-fractionated impulsive solar flare events -- ACE News
February 14, 2003: UM researchers uncover piece to puzzle of magnetic explosions -- University of Maryland
November 7, 2002: UC Berkeley analysis of satellite data turns up first direct evidence that magnetic processes in space can accelerate electrons to near light speed -- UC Berkeley
July 26, 2002: Violent days on the Sun -- ESA
July 25, 2002: Solar grand slam -- NASA GSFC
June 7, 2002: Surprises from solar X-rays -- Sky & Telescope
June 5, 2002: RHESSI captures new light from Sun, reveals surprises in solar flares -- NASA GSFC
March 25, 2002: Footprints of fire: Dancing in the circle of light -- NASA GSFC HEAPOW
March 20, 2002: NASA celebrates Sun-Earth Day with fireworks -- NASA GSFC
February 18, 2002: Candid snaps of a star's outburst -- NASA GSFC HEAPOW
February 12, 2002: Coming to a theater near you -- The stormy Sun -- NASA GSFC Imagine the Universe!
February 6, 2002: The biggest explosions in the Solar System -- Science@NASA
February 5, 2002: Solar explorer successfully launched by Pegasus rocket -- Spaceflight Now
February 5, 2002: Sun cranks out rare cookie cutter flares -- NASA GSFC
February 5, 2002: New orbiter to make X-ray flicks of Sun -- CNN
February 1, 2002: HESSI set for February 5 launch -- NASA Goddard News
January 18, 2002: New HESSI spacecraft to steal secrets of solar flares -- NASA GSFC
January 15, 2002: Red auroral corona -- NASA GSFC APOD
September 10, 2001: Yohkoh mission celebrates a decade of solar discovery -- NASA GSFC
August 10, 2001: Stormy space weather takes a toll on Earth's ozone -- Spaceflight Now
August 6, 2001: Ulysses spacecraft observes surprising reach of solar activity -- SpaceDaily
August 1, 2001: Stormy space weather takes a toll on ozone -- NASA GSFC
August 1, 2001: Solar storms destroy ozone, study reconfirms -- NASA GSFC
June 12, 2001: The biggest explosions in the solar system -- Science@NASA
April 27, 2001: The transparent Sun -- Science@NASA
April 16, 2001: Major solar flare erupts -- Spaceflight Now
April 15, 2001: Sun produces another powerful solar flare -- spacetoday.net
April 4, 2001: Sun unleashes record flare, Earth safe from solar bullet -- Spaceflight Now
November 22, 2000: Solar flare stuns Stardust -- Science@NASA
July 13, 2000: LP 944-20: A failed star flares -- NASA GSFC APOD
June 22, 2000: Solving a solar magnetic mystery -- Space.com
June 21, 2000: Solar storm warning down to 12 hours -- SpaceDaily
June 21, 2000: Capturing solar magnetic fields snap backs -- SpaceDaily
April 25, 2000: 3He enhancements at interplanetary shocks -- ACE News
March 10, 2000: SOHO sees through the Sun, finds storms on other side -- Spacelflight Now
February 7, 2000: Major flare erupts on Sun -- BBC
December 17, 1999: Balloon flight will help scientists understand how to shield Mars crews -- NASA MSFC
June 2, 1999: Solar flares show their true colors -- NASA MSFC
June 1, 1999: "Cool" microflares could be solar hot spots -- NASA MSFC
December 6, 1998: When the Sun "sneezes", ACE takes it's temperature -- NASA GSFC
November 11, 1998: Interplanetary propagation of ions from impulsive solar flares -- ACE News
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