Solar Cycle 25 has produced the highest sunspot numbers in more than two decades, and March 2026 lands at the intersection of that fading peak and the one seasonal window most likely to push auroras ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An image taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Orbiter spacecraft shows a powerful solar flare produced on May 11, 2024, during a spate ...

Researchers using the Birmingham Solar-Oscillations Network, known as BiSON, have detected subtle structural differences ...

This year has given stargazers plenty of opportunities to catch the colorful auroras of the northern lights flicker across the night sky, and that's expected to continue as the sun is now in its solar ...

Images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory highlight the appearance of the Sun at solar minimum (left, Dec. 2019) versus solar maximum (right, May 2024). These images are in the 171 wavelength of ...

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