South Africa’s Independent ... main types of large solar plants — photovoltaic (PV) farms and concentrated solar plants (CSPs). Simply put, PV panels absorb the sun’s light energy, causing ...

Following the eruption of an X-class solar flare, shortwave radio blackouts were observed over southern Africa, the area illuminated by the sun at the time of the outburst. These radio disruptions ...

The arrow points to a "camp fire". The circle at bottom-left gives an indication of size New pictures of the Sun taken just 77 million km (48 million miles) from its surface are the closest ever ...

The sun started 2025 with a bang as it fired off a powerful solar flare this morning.

The sun appears to have woken from its slumber with an impulsive X-class solar flare, the most powerful class of solar flare. The dramatic eruption originated from sunspot region 3912, reaching ...