Since ancient times, the sun has been known as a giver of light and heat, a source of life. Plants are coaxed from the Earth ...

White light flares like Carrington saw are very rare—more often ... Right now, we are at or near an unexpectedly large peak ...

Parts of the northern United States, including New York, could be in for a Northern Lights show tonight. Here's when you ...

"Sunspots are complex magnetic regions of the sun where energy can be stored in huge amounts," astronomer Peter T. Gallagher said.

Solar flares are flashes of ultraviolet and X-ray radiation released from active areas of the sun's surface, usually sunspots. They are classed by power on a scale of A, B, C, M, and X-class, where X ...

The Met Office says there may be a chance to see the Northern Lights over the UK this weekend thanks to recent solar activity ...

The closest star to Earth is also the best studied, but only recently have we truly begun to uncover its secrets.

The Met Office has said that an unusual astral event could see a serious display of the northern lights. Those watching the ...

Eight years after originally running an article on it, the sun continues to wreak havoc on Cowboys home games and Jerry Jones ...

A X2.3 solar flare Wednesday morning (Nov. 6), leading to shortwave radio blackouts for parts of the southern hemisphere.

“Solar Cycle 25 sunspot activity has slightly exceeded ... Predicted just when and where one might see the northern lights remains difficult, but NOAA does maintain an aurora dashboard ...