Solar cycle 25 may be on the downswing, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping the auroras from putting on a show.

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

As the year turns and Earth dips out of the “solar maximum," will Oregonians continue to have chances to see the northern ...

The solar maximum, predicted for July 2025, may increase the chances of seeing the aurora borealis further south. Geomagnetic storms, caused by coronal mass ejections from the sun, create the aurora ...

With NOAA flagging a G4 severe geomagnetic storm watch tied to an incoming coronal mass ejection, brokers should be stress-testing clients’ reliance on power, satellites and timing-sensitive supply ch ...

More than six years ago, NOAA's space weather prediction center predicted that July 2025 would have the peak in solar activity. But the latest analysis indicates that we may have already passed the ...

People in the U.S. were treated to stunning auroras last week when a powerful geomagnetic storm pushed the celestial displays as far south as Florida and Mexico. The spectacle was particularly ...

The aurora viewing season in the Yukon — one of the longest in the world — is well underway, coinciding with Solar Cycle 25, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. These processes follow the solar cycle, an 11-year cycle of increasing and decreasing activity on ...

The sun has been unleashing a series of intense solar flares in recent weeks and much of last year as scientists forecast the sun has reached its solar maximum, an 11-year cycle. However, some ...

People in the U.S. were treated to stunning auroras last week when a powerful geomagnetic storm pushed the celestial displays as far south as Florida and Mexico. The spectacle was particularly ...