In direct contradiction to the official forecast, a team of scientists led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is predicting that the Sunspot Cycle that started this fall could be ...

For a week or so, something has been brewing on the far side of the sun. With sunspot cycle 25 now underway, the activity on the far side has been producing X-level solar flares and powerful coronal ...

Many know that our star, the sun, is in constant flux and that the sun has a regular cycle of some 11 years. This cycle, produces a period of “quiet” on the sun and a period of fierce activity on the ...

It wasn't just my imagination. Sunspot and solar flare activity have ticked up more quickly than anticipated in the past year. We know our star has its ups and downs. About every 11 years, sunspot ...

Scientists have captured an exceptionally rare, high-resolution view of an active region that produced two powerful X-class ...

The sun has been spotless for 28 days straight, with a total of 184 days of 2020 now sunspot-free. This is one of the longest sunspot-free stretches in recent years. There was a 24-day stretch in ...

The sun’s current 11-year activity cycle has already peaked—but extreme outbursts from our star may still be in store ...

Sunspot Cycle 24, which is just ending, was quite weak as well, but it was also quite short -- just shy of 10 years long - and that's the basis for the new study's bullish prediction that Sunspot ...

In direct contradiction to the official forecast, a team of scientists is predicting that the Sunspot Cycle that started this fall could be one of the strongest since record-keeping began. In direct ...