Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather ...

A sudden and powerful solar flare captured in real time is offering a rare look at the Sun’s volatile behavior, with footage ...

Solar Maximum 2025 is the expected peak of solar activity in Solar Cycle 25, characterized by heightened sunspots, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections. This peak is anticipated around mid to late ...

The Sun sits at the heart of our solar system and its gravity binds everything together — from the small fragments of cosmic debris to giant planets like Jupiter. Its energy powers the planets and has ...

European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter was launched in 2020 It studies solar activity cycle, magnetic field, solar wind The European Space Agency on Wednesday released images taken in March using ...

A year ago this weekend, the sun’s activity created some of the most spectacular auroras on record, with displays visible as far south as Florida. The incredible spectacles last May (and another ...

Has the Sun’s activity increased or decreased in the last few years? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated ...

Cosmogenic radionuclides, such as 14C and 10Be, are produced in Earth’s atmosphere by interactions with cosmic rays and offer a unique window into past solar variability. Their deposition in natural ...

The number of satellites orbiting Earth has reached unprecedented levels, with SpaceX’s Starlink internet service leading the surge in mega constellations. Recent findings suggest that solar activity ...

Our sun is about five times less magnetically active than other sunlike stars—effectively a special case. The reason for this could reside in the planets in our solar system, say researchers at the ...