The Origin of the Sun's Magnetic Field Could Lie Close to Its Surface May 22, 2024 — Surprise findings suggest sunspots and solar flares could be generated by a magnetic field within the Sun's ...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured sunspot AR3386 blast a long-duration X1.6-class solar flare. See at time-lapse of the flare in multiple wavelengths. Credit Space.com | footage courtesy: NAS ...

The sun started 2025 with a bang as it fired off a powerful solar flare this morning. The X-class solar flare peaked at an X1.2 at 6:40 a.m. EST (1140 GMT) on Friday (Jan. 3), releasing a blast of ...

Sunspot AR3311 have been extremely active since its emergence in NASA Solar Dynamics views. Seven m-class flares can be seen in this time-lapsed footage. Credit: NASA/SDO/Helio Viewer ...

The new year began with a dramatic display from the sun, which unleashed a major solar flare early on Friday, January 3. The solar flare, classified as an X-class event with a strength of X1.2, ...

The new year arrived not only with fireworks, but with displays of aurora across the world at much more southerly latitudes than is normal.

Forecasts suggest that peak solar activity will make aurora borealis displays even more intense than usual in 2025. Here are ...

The science of the sun and its effects on the solar system is a sprawling discipline that expects a very exciting 2025 ...

Heliophysics enters a pivotal year in 2025 with solar cycle activity, major missions, and a strategic research blueprint ...