The recent flurry of solar storms suggests the sun is in a period of maximal activity as part of its 11-year cycle. The active period is likely to continue over the next year, so more auroras could be ...

Has the sun already reached solar maximum? New data suggests Solar Cycle 25 may have peaked earlier than expected. Find out what this means. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

How big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) across How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) What type of star it is: A yellow dwarf star The sun is the star at the center of ...

The sun has had an active few days, firing several powerful solar flares and (plumes of searing-hot solar material out into space. The radiation of these solar flares triggered radio blackouts on the ...

We look ahead to 2025 as the sun ramps up its activity, driven by the peak of the current solar cycle. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

University of Sheffield provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. “The British public believe it is time for a new newspaper, born of the age we live in. That is why the Sun rises ...

High above the Sun’s blazing equator lie its mysterious poles, the birthplace of fast solar winds and the heart of its magnetic heartbeat. For decades, scientists have struggled to see these regions, ...

The Parker Solar Probe is attempting the closest ever pass of the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. An image from the Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument of a coronal streamer of the sun, about 16.9 ...

The Solar Orbiter, a joint mission of NASA and the European Space Agency, gets an unprecedented view of the sun's southern region in ultraviolet light. Credit: ESA / NASA / Solar Orbiter / EUI Team / ...