The region has unleashed at least two powerful solar flares in the last 12 hours, and experts are certain there's more to ...

Sunspots — those marks that aren't freckles or moles — are signs you’ve spent your fair share of time soaking up the sun. “Sunspots are your skin’s response to daily exposure to ultraviolet rays,” ...

NASA has detected a large grouping of sunspots — dark patches on the sun — known as AR3576, which have increased in size in the last month and could be a risk for strong solar flares. Solar flares, ...

The Solar Storm Connection That Creates Magic The story of aurora begins roughly 93 million miles away on our Sun. We're ...

Observing an eclipse of the sun is always fascinating, but on March 29, 2025 — when a partial solar eclipse is visible in the Northern Hemisphere — there will be an extra reason to do so. As well as ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has been tracking an enormous sunspot group, with real-time images of the sun. Credit: NASA NASA scientists studying the sun have detected an enormous group of ...

Astronomers have released photos of huge dark patches on the sun that are big enough to swallow our planet whole. These dark patches, known as sunspots, are of interest to astronomers because they ...

The solar cycle continues to ramp up with currently the largest number of sunspots in the last two decades and maybe even longer. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center(SWPC) reports the estimated ...

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Our Sun is incredibly important to our survival. We’d like to make sure it’s nice and warm and happy at all times, but our nearest star goes through a variety of moods just like everyone else. These ...

With summer right around the corner, the sun will be shining brightly from its lofty perch. Astronomers have been watching the sun closely this year and detecting additional solar activity like ...