Flickering coronal loops in the Sun's outer atmosphere could act as an early warning system for solar flares, according to ...

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

We look ahead to 2025 as the sun ramps up its activity, driven by the peak of the current solar cycle. 2024 was a busy year for solar news, but what can we expect from 2025? In April, a total ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe conducts groundbreaking studies of the Sun, revealing insights into solar winds and space weather ...

The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11 years, which marks an important stage in the solar cycle. The shift in polarity marks the point at which the sun is halfway through solar maximum ...

The Parker Solar Probe has recently conducted its record breaking pass with the sun. During this pass, it broke the record ...

The sun released over 50 X-class solar flares in 2024! Here we take a look at some of the best. It's been a busy year on the sun, as it officially entered the peak of its roughly 11-year cycle of ...

"The data that will come down from the spacecraft will be fresh information about a place that we, as humanity, have never ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe went where no mission has gone before and came within 3.8 million miles (6 million kilometers) of ...

In the final hours of Christmas Day, the sun fired off four solar flares within less than three hours. The biggest flare of the series, recorded at a M7.3, erupted from sunspot region AR3938 on ...

By historical definition, Solar Cycle 1 occurred between 1755 and 1766, placing the sun's current cycle in Solar Cycle 25. As of the end of 2024, we are firmly within the solar maximum period.