The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather and technology on Earth, NASA announced this week. A new research, ...

HOUSTON—Solar activity—thought to rise and fall over 11 year cycles—has been on an incline since 2008, a NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)-led study says. The study points to an uptick in space ...

Aug. 20 (UPI) --NASA announced Wednesday that it is deciphering the sun's behavior with help from artificial intelligence. In a press release, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said ...

We all rely on the sun to supply our planet with light and warmth, but despite it being vital to our continued existence, there's a lot that scientists still don't know about it. A new study has ...

From the 1980s thru 2008, scientists observed that nuclear activity inside the Sun was continuously trending downward, and it was expected that this would continue. However, a new study by the ...

Geomagnetic storms pose a huge threat to humanity in the modern age. We are entering the most dangerous period for solar activity right now — the Solar Maximum. This video examines the risks: if we ...

The Sun has produced another powerful X-class solar flare, underscoring the heightened activity of Solar Cycle 25 and reminding scientists that our star is entering one of its most energetic phases in ...

During yesterday morning’s powerful X1.5 flare, the sun launched a chunk of solar material our way. This blob, also known as a coronal mass ejection (CME), is racing toward Earth at an unusually high ...

The heavily armored Parker Solar Probe has traveled to within just 3.86 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) of the sun’s surface — what NASA calls “hyper close.” It’s the third time it has ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officially, solar maximum is defined as the peak month of a given solar cycle, based on monthly sunspot numbers. More specifically ...