Meteorologists say a powerful solar flare that struck the Earth arrived too soon before dark to make the Northern Lights visible in the Northern Rockies.. Feb 29, 2012 — The Earth has a roughly 12 percent chance of witnessing an enormous megaflare erupting from the sun in the next decade. This event could .... Mar 11, 2019 — Scientists have discovered evidence of one of the biggest solar storms ever recorded, when high-energy particles unleashed from the sun ... baf94a4655