May and June 2024 saw the highest sunspot numbers on the sun since 2002, but is the peak of the solar cycle here yet? The sun follows an 11-year solar cycle of increasing and decreasing activity.

This year has given stargazers plenty of opportunities to catch the colorful auroras of the northern lights flicker across the night sky, and that's expected to continue as the sun is now in its solar ...

The sun has just fired off an eruption so intense it ranks among the most powerful solar flares seen in three decades, a jolt ...

The agencies that track sunspot activity say we’re now in peak solar activity, which has a big impact on the amount and southward extent of the Northern Lights. On Oct. 15, 2024 NOAA, NASA and the ...

Our sun has officially hit its solar maximum, with increased rates of auroras and solar flares expected in the coming months, NASA has announced. The sun goes through 11-year cycles of activity, ...

After months of intense solar flares, NASA confirms that the Sun has reached the most active period of its cycle. Reading time 3 minutes The Sun has been acting up, and we can finally confirm why.

NASA says the sun is in the highly active "maximum phase" of its 11-year solar cycle. That means there will probably be big solar storms bringing beautiful aurora in the next year or so. Solar ...

Using the Sun's internal sound waves, astronomers are able to measure the speed of migrating belts of plasma on the heavenly body, known as solar torsional oscillation. These rotation bands have a ...

The stunning display of the Northern Lights, or auroras, is primarily due to Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) from the sun. According to Elaine Mahy from the Astronomy Section of La Societe Guernesiaise, ...