The Sun has entered its 25th solar cycle and is about to wake up. For the last few years our star has been pretty sleepy, with few sunspots, bright flares or massive ejections of magnetised plasma ...

Scientists have long studied the sun, our solar system’s life-giving star, trying to understand its behavior, solar flares, and how it affects Earth. While we all rely on the sun for warmth and light, ...

After solar activity spent several decades on the decrease, the number of sunspots, flares and coronal mass ejections is once again on the increase. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A sunspot erupted on the sun on Tuesday, Aug. 5, which ...

The Sun is nearing the most intense part of its 11-year cycle, and as it approaches the time-frame of intensity, the chances of Earth feeling its power increase. For those that don't know, the Sun ...