The sun's most active phase, solar maximum, officially arrived in 2024, triggering some explosive solar storms and colorful ...

As scientists continue to monitor the sun with missions like the ESA’s Solar Orbiter, they remain prepared for both the ...

The sun reached its most turbulent phase in its 11-year cycle just two months ago, so scientists are hoping it will unleash ...

A festive auroral display may be put on for a lucky few when coronal mass ejections hit Earth on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

By historical definition, Solar Cycle 1 occurred between 1755 and 1766, placing the sun 's current cycle in Solar Cycle 25.

NASA's Parker Solar Probe will get closer to the sun than ever before. Astrophysicist Nour Rawafi explains how this mission could help solve the sun's most perplexing mysteries.

An ongoing Geomagnetic Storm Warning was extended through Tuesday after a blast of energetic particles from the Sun reached Earth.

Solar storms interfere with GPS by releasing charged particles, which can cause tractors to come to an unexpected halt, veer ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe is expected to make a fiery dive close to the solar surface on the morning of Christmas Eve.

It's been a busy year on the sun, as it officially entered the peak of its roughly 11-year cycle of activity, known as solar ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the sun's surface.