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The bad news is that cloud cover is forecast for much of the UK, leaving skywatchers in northern Scotland best-placed to observe the spectacular natural phenomenon, the Met Office has said.

Researchers, from Harvard University, say this discovery could help create more accurate space weather forecasts, and limit damage from eruptions reaching Earth.

The solar flare erupted at 1:01am ET on Friday. NASA shared footage of the powerful event, which has been classified as a M5.5-level flare - or moderately strong.

Distant star EK Draconis was observed ejecting a cloud of scorching-hot plasma with a mass in the quadrillions of kilograms, according to researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder.

A powerful solar flare erupted on our sun on Thursday at 11:35am ET. The flares released a massive cloud of particles toward Earth that should arrive this weekend and creature auroras.

The programme looks spectacular and the science is mind-boggling, but the professor has pastiched himself in this over-the-top documentary

The UKs Met Office and the USs National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have forecasted a coronal mass ejection - a massive expulsion of plasma from the Suns corona.

Astronomers studied over 150 years of space weather and solar storm activity  They looked for patterns in the timings of some of the most extreme solar events The sun operates in an 11 year cycle going from solar minimum to maximum  During this cycle the suns magnetic north and south poles switch places We are currently early in Cycle 25, which started in December 2019, say NASA  The team found extreme events are more common early in even numbered cycles and that they are more common later i...

The UK-built Solar Orbiter has recorded the world’s first video showing powerful eruptions from the sun. These events, known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs), are eruptions near the sun’s surface that blast out into the solar system. They have the potential to trigger space weather that can interfere with satellites and power grids on Earth, and can be harmful to unprotected astronauts. Chris Castelli, director of programmes at the UK Space Agency, said: “Coronal Mass Ejections can cause ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is calling on the public to rename its Lagrange spacecraft, which will spot potentially hazardous solar storms from the Sun before they reach Earth.   The new space weather mission will keep constant watch over our unpredictable and often unruly star, sending back a steady stream of data to ESA.  Suggestions for the satellites name can be made from now until October 17 on the ESAs website, and the winner will get a nifty prize, the space agency says.   Someo...