One way to track the solar cycle is by counting the number of sunspots, which are dark, cooler patches on the Sun’s surface.

How can astronomers observe and study the Sun’s activity in the most efficient way despite the Sun and Earth orbiting each ...

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 ...

The sun has been unleashing a series of intense solar flares in recent weeks and much of last year as scientists forecast the sun has reached its solar maximum, an 11-year cycle. However, some ...

The Sun has just unleashed an M5-class solar flare, a powerful burst of radiation that signals a clear uptick in solar activity as the current cycle heads toward its peak. While this event is not the ...

The sun unleashed a strong X1.2 solar flare on Tuesday, May 13, within the region on the sun's western limb, as scientists continue to monitor the possibilities of coronal mass ejections, which can ...

Our Sun is about five times less magnetically active than other sunlike stars – effectively a special case. The reason for this could reside in the planets in our solar system, say researchers at the ...