The Sun is increasing its intensity on schedule, continuing its approach to solar maximum. In just over a 24-hour period…
The Sun is heading toward solar maximum (which is likely to be about a year away) and as it does,…
On December 14th, at 12:02 PM Eastern (09:02 AM Pacific), the Sun unleashed a massive solar flare. According to the…
Because of our dependence on technology, a powerful solar storm would be a catastrophe, shutting down the electrical grid and…
The Sun belted out strong solar flares two days in a row, as activity ramps up toward the next Solar…
Using data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, scientists have discovered new clues that could help predict when and where the…
In a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, an international team of researchers led by the University of…
Our Sun is the very reason we’re alive. It provides warmth and the energy our planet needs to keep going.…
The sun is currently sleeping. Its surface and corona are relatively quiet as it prepares to ramp up for an…
One of the beauties of modern-day space telescopes is that the data they produce, which is eventually wholly released to…