Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An image taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Orbiter spacecraft shows a powerful solar flare produced on May 11, 2024, during a spate ...

According to a new analysis of decades' worth of data, the lulls in the Sun's 11-year activity cycle aren't identical – and measurable shifts in its internal vibrations occurred during the deepest ...

Scientists develop a forecasting system that predicts high-risk windows and regions for solar superflares, using 50 years of X-ray data and machine learning techniques.

SEATTLE — 2024 has been the year of the Aurora Borealis, and another spectacular show fired off around the globe recently. Photographers can't stop themselves from capturing the beautiful sky colors.

This year has given stargazers plenty of opportunities to catch the colorful auroras of the northern lights flicker across the night sky, and that's expected to continue as the sun is now in its solar ...

Images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory highlight the appearance of the Sun at solar minimum (left, Dec. 2019) versus solar maximum (right, May 2024). These images are in the 171 wavelength of ...

For the first time since June 2022, the sun has appeared completely free from sunspots, a phenomenon that caught the attention of scientists and skywatchers alike. This rare sight, recorded on ...

The Sun is now at the most active point in its roughly 11‑year solar cycle, and scientists say the current peak has arrived earlier and more forcefully than first expected. As activity climbs, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The night sky in Wisconsin glows with the Northern Lights as ...