It turns out that what’s behind the solar cycle is these periodic changes in the Sun’s magnetic field. (It’s important to note here that the eleven-year cycle is technically the “sunspot ...

Solar-driven temperature shifts alter rock properties and underground water movement, potentially making the Earth’s crust ...

Last year’s celestial events were quite spectacular, with two off-the-chart displays of northern lights that could be seen in all 50 states, a comet and a total solar eclipse. Although 2025 won’t ...

Solar activity, such as solar wind, follows a roughly 11-year cycle. This year, we are in the peak, or solar maximum, of that cycle. That means the sun will be as active as it gets. More activity ...

The Sun periodically ejects huge bubbles of plasma from its surface that contain an intense magnetic field. These events are called coronal mass ejections, or CMEs. When two of these ejections collide ...