A hidden solar cycle is awakening, but more extreme space weather over the next 50 years may not be a bad thing
"The next set of solar cycles will be more active."
How AI is helping scientists unlock some of the sun’s deepest secrets
AI can bridge the growing gap between new and old solar observations and help scientists uncover overlooked aspects of our star's long-term evolution, a new study argues.
The sun just leaked a huge amount of helium-3 — the rare isotope scientists want to harvest on the moon
The sun was caught bursting out a huge quantity of helium-3, an isotope that's scarce in our solar system.
Million-mile-long solar whirlwind could help solve sun’s greatest mysteries (video)
Europe's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has chronicled the development of the magnetic escape of plasma driven out by a powerful magnetic reconnection event.
Sun unleashes powerful M5.6 solar flare and Earth is in the firing line — are auroras incoming?
After last week's explosive X-flare, sunspot AR4046 is at it again! Could this latest eruption bring stormy space weather to Earth?
A total solar eclipse from 2471 B.C. may have shaken Egypt’s cult of the sun
"It is always difficult to establish if the eclipses were seen in the ancient past as bad omens or good omens."
Surprise X-class solar flare from emerging sunspot triggers radio blackouts across the Americas
"Further strong activity is likely!"
NASA’s daredevil solar spacecraft survives 2nd close flyby of our sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its second science-gathering flyby of the sun, the space agency announced earlier this week.
Has the sun already passed solar maximum?
Solar Cycle 25 has surpassed its predecessor — but is the end in sight?
India’s Aditya-L1 solar probe watches powerful flare erupt from the sun
India's Aditya-L1 spacecraft captured detailed observations of a powerful solar flare last year, helping scientists better understand our star's eruptions.