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 ...

Solar Cycle 25 has reached its most active phase, bringing stronger solar flares and geomagnetic storms that may affect Earth’s technology.

The Solar Maximum is a period of heightened solar activity, which is marked by increased sunspots, solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Roughly every 11 years, at the height of the solar ...

The Sun is getting busy and that’s great news for sky watchers! The Sun is getting busy and that’s great news for sky watchers! As we approach solar maximum, the peak of the Sun’s 11-year activity ...

The Sun is now at the most active point in its roughly 11‑year solar cycle, and scientists say the current peak has arrived earlier and more forcefully than first expected. As activity climbs, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A forecast for potentially “severe” Northern Lights ...

Massive solar flares, graceful eruptions of solar material, and an enormous sunspot make up some of the imagery captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory in 2013 and 2014. A year ago this weekend, ...

The solar maximum, predicted for July 2025, may increase the chances of seeing the aurora borealis further south. Geomagnetic storms, caused by coronal mass ejections from the sun, create the aurora ...

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