The sun’s activity follows an 11-year cycle, known as the solar cycle, which involves phases of intense solar activity. The ...

So it was with some fanfare that they recently announced that the sun had transitioned into Solar Cycle 25. But what exactly does that mean? Does the Sun’s changing face make much difference to ...

Some U.S. states could be treated with a northern lights display due a minor geomagnetic storm on the sun, according to space ...

which provides real-time space weather forecasts, has been analyzing the magnetic bands that form during the Hale cycle.

Stunning imagery from outer space shows the power of the Sun, with a massive solar flare and coronal mass ejection erupting from the giant star’s surface, but space experts say there is no need ...

Europe's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has chronicled the development of the magnetic escape of plasma driven out by a powerful magnetic reconnection event.

Has solar maximum already come and gone? Perhaps not. Looking back to the first solar cycle graph shown in this article, we see that Solar Cycle 24 had two peaks — one in 2012, and a second in 2014.

Even if the specific monthly peak of the cycle has passed, it doesn't mean solar activity is over. Strong solar activity ...