The Sun has just unleashed an M5-class solar flare, a powerful burst of radiation that signals a clear uptick in solar activity as the current cycle heads toward its peak. While this event is not the ...

In May 2024, the strongest solar storm in twenty years raged. An international team led by ETH Zurich observed it. Their findings are now helping to improve space weather forecasts. Our sun rotates ...

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In May 2024, Earth was slammed by the worst geomagnetic storm in more than 20 years, which disrupted radio signals, power grids, and satellites. The storm originated from an active solar region known ...

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 ...

The European space probe Solar Orbiter delivers images of the sun, including observations of what is, from our perspective, its far side. Our sun rotates around its axis once every 28 days. From earth ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Created in Canva Pro by Daisy Dobrijevic 2024 was a busy year for solar news, but what ...

New research by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the National Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF-NCAR) has developed a new tool providing a first step toward the ...