As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while ...

World Weather, Inc. has used the 11-year and 22-year solar cycle as a leading tool in the prediction of general weather ...

There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of ...

Solar activity rises and falls periodically over an 11-year solar cycle. Each cycle begins and ends during periods of low solar activity, with a peak of solar activity in the middle. The periods ...

The sun is at the peak of its 11-year cycle. That means an uptick in solar flares will lead to more chances to see the northern lights over the next couple of years.

As astrotourism booms, the northern lights get a boost from digital photography. Read more at straitstimes.com.

At the start of this new year, we look back at close-up pictures and solar flare data recorded by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission over the last three years. See and hear for yourself how the number ...

The sun, a searing hot sphere of gas primarily composed of hydrogen and helium, boasts surface and outer atmospheric ...

At 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11, whitish pillars of light rose into the sky over the barn at Donnelly’s Corners in ...

Solar flares are categorized by their peak ... auroras as far south as Florida in May and October. The sun’s 11-year activity cycle is dictated by the magnetic fields that roil our star ...