The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11 years, which marks an important stage in the solar cycle. The shift in polarity marks the point at which the sun is halfway through solar maximum ...

Cycles of sunspots for the last 400 years ... the Sun becomes more active, the sunspots tend to pop up further away from the equator, generally clustering around the mid-latitudes around 30 ...

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 ...

The most powerful solar flare seen in nearly twenty years and the strongest ... have been enjoying during this cycle. Because the blast was on the side of the sun facing away from us, however ...