Back in 2019, a consortium of scientists predicted August 2025 as the peak of the solar activity cycle. But where are we now?

Most places on Earth have seasons because our planet is on a tilt as it orbits the sun. But our star also has its own version ...

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A giant S-shape structure, around 10 times wider than Earth, recently appeared in the center of the sun, moments before our ...

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 ...

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A powerful solar storm, triggered by a rare cannibal CME on August 30, 2025, struck Earth, impacting power grids and ...

Two colossal plasma fountains tore away from the sun in a breathtaking double blast, one of the most impressive eruptions ...

This split image shows the difference between an active Sun during solar maximum (on the left, captured in April 2014) and a quiet Sun during solar minimum (on the right, captured in December 2019).

A first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence system built by Nasa in collaboration with IBM can predict violent solar storms ...