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

AP photographer Dmitri Lovetsky had been trying to photograph a plane flying across the disk of the sun for several days.

It's more than 35 times wider than the Earth, and it could spark northern lights over the weekend over parts of North America ...

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

A massive, "geriatric" sunspot is currently making its third trip across the sun's Earth-facing surface, around two months after it first appeared. The senior citizen has lasted far longer than most ...

Astronomers have revealed new processes taking place in our sun’s atmosphere, thanks to exquisite new images of the star. Dirk Schmidt at the US National Solar Observatory and his colleagues used the ...

The Sun’s inner corona appears green in this image taken on May 23, 2025 by the ASPIICS coronagraph aboard Proba-3 © ESA/Proba-3/ASPIICS/WOW algorithm The Sun’s ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has captured humanity's first-ever images of the sun's ...

The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) invites applications for its PhD programme until October 6, alongside a Project ...

Our Earth is structured sort of like an onion – it’s one layer after another. Starting from the top down, there’s the crust, which includes the surface you walk on; then farther down, the mantle, ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.

We Earthlings see the sun every day of our lives—but gaining a truly new view of our star is a rare and precious thing. So count your lucky stars: for the first time in history, scientists have ...