Earlier this week, the number of visible sunspots on our home star fell to zero for the first time in 1,335 days. This ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has spent the past year repeatedly diving into the sun’s outer atmosphere at speeds no human-made ...

The sun's visible disk has been perfectly free from sunspots for the first time since June 2022, suggesting the current solar cycle might be heading toward its quieter phase.

Indian scientists have captured the birth of a powerful solar shock wave using Aditya-L1. The breakthrough could improve space weather forecasting and protect satellites, GPS and communication systems ...

There is a constant outward flow of charged particles from the Sun. This flow, known as the solar wind, moves across space and reaches Earth every day.

A spacecraft now moves through a region once thought unreachable, sampling the thin outer atmosphere of the Sun at distances ...

A solar storm is a catchall term that describes any disturbance in the sun that involves the violent ejection of solar material into space. This can come in the form of coronal mass ejections, where ...

On May 10, 2024, a John Deere dealer sent out a strange press release. “Please be advised that there is significant solar flare and space weather activity,” it read. The company, a maker of tractors ...

Scientists have pulled back the curtain on one of the most extreme solar regions seen in decades, tracking it almost nonstop for three months as it unleashed powerful space weather. By combining views ...