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 ...

Sunspots AR3664 and AR3663 have been erupting with X- and M-class solar flares. Both sunspots are Earth-facing and could ...

The massive sunspot that sparked an "extreme" geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar ...

All you need to do is make sure solar filters and eclipse glasses are free of marks, scratches, and holes. If they're still safe to use, you can wear them to watch the sunspot groups grow, decay, and ...

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 ...

A whopping sunspot that is getting larger and crackling with activity threatens to flash powerful solar flares in our planet's direction. The sunspot, named AR3780, appears to be getting bigger and ...

The sun has seen its most active month for over two decades, with a monthly average of 215.5 sunspots being recorded in August. This is the first time the average monthly sunspot number has exceeded ...

The ‘Maunder Minimum' is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots – ‘storms' on the sun – became almost zero. The period is named after the solar astronomer Edward ...

On May 29, 2020, a family of sunspots — dark spots that freckle the face of the Sun, representing areas of complex magnetic fields — sported the biggest solar flare since October 2017. Although the ...

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