When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. These processes follow the solar cycle, an 11-year cycle of increasing and decreasing activity on ...

Federal forecasters are warning that a powerful X-class solar flare could trigger strong radio blackouts and strain power ...

A vast, volatile blemish has opened on the face of the Sun, and it is already rewriting the current solar cycle’s record book. The decade’s largest sunspot, a complex tangle of magnetism more than ten ...

A powerful solar storm could spark auroras as far south as northern California and Alabama on Wednesday, thanks to a particularly rambunctious area on the sun dubbed active region 4274 (AR4274). In ...

Solar radiation storm alerts are active! Discover how this S4-level event triggers the Northern Lights tonight and its impact ...

The storm could also impact power systems and spacecraft operations.

Scientists charged with predicting the sun's activity for the next 11-year solar cycle say that it's likely to be weak, much like the current one. The current solar cycle, Cycle 24, is declining and ...

People in the U.S. were treated to stunning auroras last week when a powerful geomagnetic storm pushed the celestial displays as far south as Florida and Mexico. The spectacle was particularly ...