When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Created in Canva Pro by Daisy Dobrijevic 2024 was a busy year for solar news, but what ...

After the Sun's solar maximum peak in 2024–25, scientists say that 2026 could deliver some of the most frequent and intense ...

The 11-year sunspot cycle is well underway. At the end of 2021, former sunspot cycle 24 finally ended, ushering the next cycle, No. 25. The change of cycles is known in the world of solar physics as a ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The night sky in Wisconsin glows with the Northern Lights as ...

Was it truly possible that the night sky over Alabama could shimmer with those otherworldly greens and pinks normally ...

December 2019 marked the beginning of Solar Cycle 25. The Sun’s activity has quickly ramped up and even though we haven’t reached peak levels in this cycle, the Sun’s activity is already exceeding ...

Heightened solar activity meant 2025 was one of the best years to see the northern lights and capture them on camera.

The sun has been spotless for 28 days straight, with a total of 184 days of 2020 now sunspot-free. This is one of the longest sunspot-free stretches in recent years. There was a 24-day stretch in ...