The sun has seen its most active month for over two decades, with a monthly average of 215.5 sunspots being recorded in ...

There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of solar maximum was a key reason for the spike, but other factors were also at ...

A gargantuan solar flare detected being flung out of the sun on July 23 reached an X14 class, making it the strongest flare of this solar cycle so far. Thankfully for us, the flare emerged from ...

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 ...

In looking at the data from the AMS for one solar cycle, the researchers found some trends in the number of particles that struck the sensor and how they interacted with each other. In one part of ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. It’s not true. Solar maximum is not confirmed to be arriving sooner ...

AMS observations highlight charged particle variations linked to solar cycles, impacting cosmic ray flux in the heliosphere.

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 ...

So it was with some fanfare that they recently announced that the sun had transitioned into Solar Cycle 25. But what exactly does that mean? Does the Sun’s changing face make much difference to ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA says that Solar Cycle 25 is already exceeding predictions. As a result, the space ...

The space agency hosted a teleconference in October 2024 to formally announce that the sun was at the peak of its 11-year cycle, also known as the solar maximum, and to explain what people can ...