One way to track the solar cycle is by counting the number of sunspots, which are dark, cooler patches on the Sun’s surface.

This year has given stargazers plenty of opportunities to catch the colorful auroras of the northern lights flicker across the night sky, and that's expected to continue as the sun is now in its solar ...

Scientists hunting for life beyond Earth have discovered more than 1,800 planets outside our solar system, or exoplanets, in recent years, but so far, no one has been able to confirm an exomoon. Now, ...

The colossal ball of hot gas at the center of our solar system will be lively for the next year, NASA said. The sun has reached its "solar maximum period," which is a state of heightened activity in ...

NASA conducted a study that found the Sun has become increasingly active since 2008, flipping a lull narrative. The fluctuation of solar activity followed an 11-year cycle, but certain long-term ...

Back in 2019, a consortium of scientists predicted August 2025 as the peak of the solar activity cycle. But where are we now? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Solar activity, manifested primarily through sunspots, solar flares and coronal mass ejections, has long influenced both the near-space environment and terrestrial systems. Over millennia, variations ...

When 3I/ATLAS swept past the sun in late October 2025, it became only the third confirmed visitor from interstellar space ...