In the first months of 2026, several chunks of spent rocket hardware tumbled back into the atmosphere weeks earlier than ...

You could get more opportunities to see supercharged auroras over the next few months, thanks to our very active sun. Solar activity waxes and wanes on an 11-year cycle. The current cycle, known as ...

Solar cycle space weather models may be miscalibrated: a new helioseismology study found the Sun’s magnetic activity has retreated toward its surface since 1987 in ways sunspot counts never detected.

The agencies that track sunspot activity say we’re now in peak solar activity, which has a big impact on the amount and southward extent of the Northern Lights. On Oct. 15, 2024 NOAA, NASA and the ...

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On Oct. 15 NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) jointly announced that the sun had entered solar maximum, a stretch of time when its activity is at or near peak. There ...

When you look up at the sky on a sunny day, the Sun might seem like a bright spot, unchanging in the sky. But the Sun is a complex, dynamic celestial body, wrapped in electrical currents and magnetic ...

Using the Sun's internal sound waves, astronomers are able to measure the speed of migrating belts of plasma on the heavenly body, known as solar torsional oscillation. These rotation bands have a ...

'We're anticipating another year or so of maximum phase before we really enter the declining phase.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...