Experts warn that the sun's next "solar maximum" could be more powerful and arrive sooner than expected. Scarlett Johansson ...

There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of solar maximum was a key reason for the spike, but other factors were also at ...

As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while sunspots forming closer to the poles will have a magnetic field matching the ...

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

What is space weather, what causes it, and how does it affect humans? Physicist Robyn Millan, who co-chaired a recent ...

In fact, the Sun isn’t expected to meet the “solar maximum” until sometime in 2025. So, until that happens, we should expect our star’s energy output to continue. But what exactly does ...

The sun is at the peak of its 11-year cycle. That means an uptick in solar flares will lead to more chances to see the northern lights over the next couple of years.

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...

Traditional methods which rely on human analysis of solar images and data, often provide less accurate and timely forecasts.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released an audio-visual representation of solar activity over the last three years, pulling data from its Solar Orbiter probe, which it runs with NASA.

They occur in regions of the sun with strong magnetic fields, usually near sunspots and are more frequent during the solar maximum, when the sun is at its most active. "The sun, like our own ...