The sun's most active phase, solar maximum, officially arrived in 2024, triggering some explosive solar storms and colorful ...

The sun is far from quiet. Yesterday, Dec. 17, the sun fired out an 'extremely rare' farside coronal mass ejection (CME) — a ...

“Our tractors acted like they were demon possessed,” Elaine Ramstad, an aurora chaser who’s family works a farm in northern ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface.

It's been a busy year on the sun, as it officially entered the peak of its roughly 11-year cycle of activity, known as solar ...

By historical definition, Solar Cycle 1 occurred between 1755 and 1766, placing the sun 's current cycle in Solar Cycle 25.

Our sun is far from the flawless orb of light we see in the sky. Spacecraft observations have long shown that, up close, the ...

A display of auroras is expected to light up the skies on Christmas Day, thanks to a powerful M8.9 solar flare enroute to ...

As scientists continue to monitor the sun with missions like the ESA’s Solar Orbiter, they remain prepared for both the ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe will get closer to the sun than ever before. Astrophysicist Nour Rawafi explains how this mission could help solve the sun's most perplexing mysteries.

On Christmas Eve, the Parker Solar Probe became the nearest spacecraft to the sun, flying within a few million miles of the ...

The sun's most active phase, solar maximum, officially arrived in 2024, triggering some explosive solar storms and colorful auroras. Here are 10 of our favorite solar outbursts this year.