Scientists now believe that our Sun is capable of producing a type of powerful and disruptive 'superflare'.
Hundreds of people took to social media to report a set of strange lights hovering over the city on Wednesday.
Two extremely powerful solar flares erupted from a large sunspot on the Sun's surface yesterday.
A sudden and intense period of solar flare activity almost triggered a nuclear apocalypse back in 1967.
Scientists have warned that more solar eruptions could follow over the next week or so.
NASA researchers earlier this year released a report detailing the devastating potential of massive solar storms due in ...