At about 10 p.m. Tuesday, Lisa Vallee noticed flares coming from BP’s Whiting refinery. “Obviously, we’re used to seeing smokestacks with the flames on it,” the Whiting resident said, “but this was a ...

The Sun isn't done throwing its mid-cycle fit. Beginning Tuesday, it hurled a pair of massive solar flares at Earth, triggering temporary radio blackouts and heightening the likelihood that colorful ...

The sun has had quite a busy week hurling solar flares at our planet, causing blackouts across the globe. “After weeks of calm, solar activity is suddenly high again,” reports Spaceweather.com. This ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Waves of solar flares keep pouring out of the sun, sparking "rolling" ...

The Sun fired a staggering X1.9-class solar flare at the turn of the month, triggering a sudden, widespread radio blackout across Australia and large parts of southeast Asia and it seems like another ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been a busy year on the sun, as it officially entered the peak of its roughly 11-year cycle of activity, known as solar ...