Composite images reveal how the sun's corona changed from one total solar eclipse to another in 2023 and 2024, just as solar ...

OnDecember 8, 2024, the Sun unleashed an intense X-class solar flare from sunspot region 3912, the most powerful type of ...

Experts predict a 60 percent chance of radio blackouts today after the sun unleashed an extremely powerful solar flare and ...

Scientists are worried that once solar maximum is over, a more intense phase that closely follows could end in disaster. Known as the "battle zone," the newly identified developmental stage is when ...

A "bizarre" E-shaped aurora was recently photographed dancing in the sky above Alaska. The unusual light show was caused by ...

After several quiet weeks for the sun, Dec. 8 saw an X-class solar flare erupt. Displays of auroras could be possible in its ...

The ‘Maunder Minimum' is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots – ‘storms' on the sun – became almost zero. The period is named after the solar astronomer Edward ...

Space weather experts warn that solar activity will persist or even increase after solar maximum has ended and we enter a ...

The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle focused on carbon and how it is sequestered in and moves between different reservoirs in the Earth system. Microbial activity in marine sediment acts ...

Auroral displays have decreased since the equinox, with the next peak expected close to March's equinox. However, here's why ...

The sun cycles among periods of low and high activity over 11 years. The highest point can bring stunning light shows up and ...

Initially designed to last six months, their premature re-entry was caused by heightened solar activity, showcasing the ...