Not only is Earth suddenly spinning faster, but our Sun is getting more active than NASA predicted. The Sun appears to have a cycle of about 11 years during which it waxes and wanes. Its activity is ...

Skywatchers across the northern United States and parts of Europe have had far more chances to see the aurora over the past ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In April, a total solar eclipse was visible to millions in North America. This was followed in May by the largest geomagnetic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officially, solar maximum is defined as the peak month of a given solar cycle, based on monthly sunspot numbers. More specifically ...

The first rumblings of the sun's next 11-year solar cycle have been detected in sound waves inside our home star—even though it is only halfway through its current one. This existing cycle is now at ...

A large team of researchers working on the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Collaboration, which has been analyzing eleven years' worth of data from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) aboard the ...

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G1 geomagnetic storm September 2026: Two large coronal holes in Earth-facing positions are sending back-to-back solar wind ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Solar activity is increasing faster than official forecasts had ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. While the the sun might appear like a still disk in the sky, our star ...