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

On September 4, 2025, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured an incredible image of the Sun displaying a mysterious “S” shape, signaling an intense solar event that would trigger a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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.

Back in 2019, a consortium of scientists predicted August 2025 as the peak of the solar activity cycle. But where are we now?

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 ...