Research conducted by an international team of astronomers from Southwest Research Institute, Aryabhatta Research Institute ...

Solar activity is likely to be on the decline all the way to 2030, which will mark the end of Solar Cycle 25.

You could get more opportunities to see supercharged auroras over the next few months, thanks to our very active sun. Solar activity waxes and wanes on an 11-year cycle. The current cycle, known as ...

We know that the sun has entered its peak phase of activity, called solar maximum. But are we still in it, or is solar maximum already behind us? Let's see what the data has to say. We have tracked ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The night sky in Wisconsin glows with the Northern Lights as ...

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, ...

Federal forecasters are warning that a powerful X-class solar flare could trigger strong radio blackouts and strain power ...

The Northern Lights may ramp up in intensity for the next 50 years as the sun potentially enters a new long-term phase of heightened activity, suggests a new study by solar scientists. The night sky ...

Earth is about to see three total solar eclipses in just under two years, with each successive path of totality moving west ...

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).