The researchers studied how the brightness of coronal loops varied in the hours before a strong solar flare was emitted—and compared this to loops observed in areas where no flare was released.

The flares also have little effect on most people on Earth, experts reassured, saying "there is no need to panic." A sunspot pointing toward Earth has the potential to cause solar flares ...

But experts weighed in to point out there were no solar flares during the eclipse. "There are many (incorrectly) reporting that a solar flare was visible during the total solar eclipse," Ryan ...

Spokesperson Craig Lambinon said on Wednesday evening, an NSRI crew was called out after witness reports of red distress flares off Jeffries Bay. An extensive search lasting until midnight, revealed ...