May and June 2024 saw the highest sunspot numbers on the sun since 2002, but is the peak of the solar cycle here yet? The sun follows an 11-year solar cycle of increasing and decreasing activity.

A missing jet stream, fading spots, and slower activity near the poles say that our Sun is heading for a rest period even as it is acting up for the first time in years, according to scientists at the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A sunspot that’s larger than Earth has the potential to produce solar flares, but a space science expert said this is normal activity for the sun’s current cycle. Active Region ...

Super high-definition images of the sun's sunspots have been captured by a telescope, showing tiny dots of plasma bubbling away within the dark spot. The images were taken by National Science ...

Sunspots ebb and flow in a cycle of approximately 11 years. A new prediction suggests that the current Sunspot Cycle 25 could exhibit unusually strong activity, contrary to official forecasts that ...

Boulder, Colorado — Scientists from the National Solar Observatory (NSO) in Tucson, Arizona, have discovered that a solar jet stream deep inside the Sun is migrating slower than usual through the star ...