The massive sunspot that sparked an "extreme" geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar ...

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, ...

Our sun has officially hit its solar maximum, with increased rates of auroras and solar flares expected in the coming months, NASA has announced. The sun goes through 11-year cycles of activity, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The night sky in Wisconsin glows with the Northern Lights as ...

This morning a very strong solar flare occurred. This flare will enhance the chances of northern lights and could cause communications disruptions. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has detected the ...

Earth is about to see three total solar eclipses in just under two years, with each successive path of totality moving west ...

The Sun goes through an 11-year cycle of activity, going from the solar maximum, where it is covered in many sunspots and is more likely to have flares and coronal mass ejections, to the minimum, ...

Every morning, astronomer Steve Padilla takes a short walk from his home to the base of a tower that soars 150 feet above the ground. Tucked in the San Gabriel Mountains, about an hour’s drive north ...

The sun is not only our closest stellar neighbor, it's also the star we understand the most. As we've observed it over the ...

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 ...

NASA has taken to its blog to confirm the Sun has now reached the peak of its 11-year solar cycle, meaning we can expect a lot more activity out of our local star. The space agency informed reporters ...