Solar Maximum 2025 is the expected peak of solar activity in Solar Cycle 25, characterized by heightened sunspots, solar ...

Solar Orbiter is gathering data on phenomena including the sun's magnetic field, its activity cycle, and the solar wind, a relentless high-speed flow of charged particles emanating from the sun's ...

We Earthlings see the sun every day of our lives—but gaining a truly new view of our star is a rare and precious thing. So count your lucky stars: for the first time in history, scientists have ...

An unexpectedly strong solar storm rocked our planet on April 23, 2023, sparking auroras as far south as southern Texas in ...

The south pole of the Sun, photographed by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager instrument aboard Solar Orbiter on 30 March 2022. © ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team The Sun’s poles are of particular ...

The Solar Orbiter space mission, a joint initiative of the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, has for the first time ...

The magnetic field drives the formation of sunspots, cooler regions on the solar surface that appear as dark blotches. At the cycle's beginning, the sun has fewer sunspots.

The peak of Solar Cycle 25 is coming and it could mean an uptick in geomagnetic storms. Could Tennessee see the aurora ...

The breathtaking celestial displays known as the aurorae — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere and the aurora ...

The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a deeper understanding of Earth's host star, including its magnetic field, its ...

The magnetic field drives the formation of sun spots – cooler regions on the solar surface that appear as dark blotches. At the cycle’s beginning, the sun has fewer sun spots.