Scientists are monitoring one of the biggest sunspot groups of the past decade, though experts say the likelihood of a major solar storm similar to the historic 1859 Carrington Event remains low ...

A solar cycle is a roughly 11-year periodic change in the Sun characterized by variations in the number and intensity of sunspots, as well as a flipping of its magnetic poles.

Solar activity could cause stronger-than-usual auroras, making the northern lights visible in more U.S. regions than usual.

High above the quiet winter skies, the Sun has fired off a blast of energy now racing toward the Earth. According to NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center, a CME associated with an M8.1 solar flare ...

Aditya-L1 and U.S. satellites uncover why the May 2024 solar storm behaved unusually, revealing significant magnetic field dynamics.

Our sun continues to make news headlines as we’re still in a strong solar cycle that has generated numerous solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). CMEs are a large release of plasma and ...

According to a statement from the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Earth has experienced 69 days with magnetic storms since the ...

The Sun exhibited unpredictable behavior with two strong solar flares in late November and early December 2025. These events, ...

"Ultimately, this work may help scientists better predict the impact of space weather across the solar system on longer ...

The number of days with magnetic storms in 2025 was the highest in the last 10 years. This was announced on December 24 by the Laboratory of Solar Astronomy at the Institute of Space Research (IKI) of ...

The solar maximum may be over, but the sun has still been busy with activity. A powerful solar eruption is expected to hit Earth soon, according to a forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...