The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space ...

Solar activity has been on an overall decline since the ‘80s and scientists were expecting us to plunge into a historic low ...

Over the past decade, the Mayan calendar has been subjected to close examination and intense debate. Could an ancient ...

This is the conclusion of researchers from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, who found that the positively charged ions in solar flares—one of the two key components of solar plasma—can be ...

Have you seen the Northern Lights? They're more than just pretty colors; when you see them in Pittsburgh, there's science ...

Our sun has unexpectedly begun to ramp up its activity, which could lead to more severe solar storms that cause blackouts and ...

A trio of space missions just launched, set to deepen our understanding of the sun's influence and protect Earth from the ...

Solar flares heat ions much more strongly than electrons. The finding offers a new explanation for spectral line broadening. Recent work from the Andrews suggests that particles in solar flares can ...

The aurora borealis is a spectacle of space weather, but solar flares and coronal mass ejections have far more Earthly ...

The sun may produce extremely powerful bursts of radiation more frequently than we thought. Such “superflares” seem to happen as often as once a century, according to a survey of sun-like stars, and ...

With advance warning, however, steps can be taken to reduce the risks. If an electrical grid is running near capacity, for ...