See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The sun has seen its most active month for over two decades, with a ...

The sun has officially gone spotless for the first time in nearly seven months, marking the first day since Feb. 24 that no numbered sunspot regions were visible on the Earth-facing side of the star.

How accurate are past records of sunspots? In a new study published in The Astrophysical Journal, a team of multinational researchers examined the historical record and found that after the unusual ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. This article is more than 2 years old. CHARLOTTE, USA - MAY 10 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. There is a higher-than-usual chance of powerful X-class solar flares on ...

Update, Feb. 3 at 11 a.m. ET: The monster sunspot region 4366 is now facing Earth, and shows no signs of weakening. It is the most active sunspot of the current solar cycle (cycle 25). NOAA predicts ...

It's not a sign of an impending apocalypse, but blackouts and epic auroras are possible. Sunspots can throw off powerful solar flares that disrupt radio communications on Earth and sometimes impact ...

On May 29, 2020, a family of sunspots — dark spots that freckle the face of the Sun, representing areas of complex magnetic fields — sported the biggest solar flare since October 2017. Although the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A spot on the sun 10 times larger than Earth has been seen ...

Ph.D. candidate Zhang Xiaojuan and Prof. Deng Linhua from Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated the temporal variation of the hemispheric distribution of long-term ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The aurora borealis may be visible Thursday night along the U.S.-Canada border. (Space Weather Prediction Center) While February ...