Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather ...

The Sun has just unleashed an M5-class solar flare, a powerful burst of radiation that signals a clear uptick in solar activity as the current cycle heads toward its peak. While this event is not the ...

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 ...

We know that the sun has entered its peak phase of activity, called solar maximum. But are we still in it, or is solar maximum already behind us? Let's see what the data has to say. However, the ...

After weeks of relative quiet, the Sun has erupted with a series of powerful solar flares, signaling a return to more active space weather conditions. Over the weekend, three M-class solar flares were ...

Has the Sun’s activity increased or decreased in the last few years? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated ...