Earth faced its most violent solar assault of 2026 when an X-class flare erupted from the sun's surface on January 18, ...

Solar activity is likely to be on the decline all the way to 2030, which will mark the end of Solar Cycle 25.

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Brace yourselves, Earthlings: NASA, the NOAA, and the Solar Cycle Prediction Panel have officially declared that solar maximum is now underway. What does that mean? Our Sun is reaching the peak of its ...

Our sun has officially hit its solar maximum, with increased rates of auroras and solar flares expected in the coming months, NASA has announced. The sun goes through 11-year cycles of activity, ...

The Northern Lights may ramp up in intensity for the next 50 years as the sun potentially enters a new long-term phase of heightened activity, suggests a new study by solar scientists. The night sky ...

Earth has been struck by its strongest solar radiation storm in over 20 years, triggering rare aurorae far from the poles and ...

A historic S4-severe solar radiation storm triggered rare auroral displays over the high-altitude desert of Ladakh. This ...

The storm could also impact power systems and spacecraft operations.

This split image shows the difference between an active Sun during solar maximum (on the left, captured in April 2014) and a quiet Sun during solar minimum (on the right, captured in December 2019).