Solar activity has been on an overall decline since the ‘80s and scientists were expecting us to plunge into a historic low ...

“All signs were pointing to the Sun going into a prolonged phase of low activity,” said Jamie Jasinski, study lead author and ...

On September 4, 2025, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured an incredible image of the Sun displaying a mysterious ...

Have you seen the Northern Lights? They're more than just pretty colors; when you see them in Pittsburgh, there's science ...

In August of 1859, astronomers noticed an unusually large number of dark spots on the sun’s surface. One of those observers ...

A new NASA study suggests that solar activity will remain high or rise further in the coming decades, contradicting previous assumptions that the sun was quieting down — and scientists "don't ...

On Sept. 24, 2025, NASA launched two new missions to study the influence of the Sun on the solar system, with further missions scheduled for 2026 and beyond.

This is the conclusion of researchers from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, who found that the positively charged ions ...

“We were excited by recent discoveries that a process called magnetic reconnection heats ions 6.5 times as much as electrons, ...

Some states in the northern U.S. might have an opportunity to see the northern lights Tuesday, and recent solar activity may make the phenomenon visible in more states later this week, according to ...

As the most intense energy release phenomenon in the solar atmosphere, solar flares can instantaneously elevate local temperatures to tens of millions of degrees Celsius. The X-rays and streams of ...

The forecasting of solar flares is a rapidly evolving field that combines observational solar physics with the latest developments in machine learning and statistical modelling. Solar flares are ...