After a calm week, the sun erupted again. A powerful M5.1 solar flare burst from an emerging sunspot region, shaking the ...

The aurora viewing season in the Yukon — one of the longest in the world — is well underway, coinciding with Solar Cycle 25, ...

The solar maximum, predicted for July 2025, may increase the chances of seeing the aurora borealis further south. Geomagnetic storms, caused by coronal mass ejections from the sun, create the aurora ...

Was it truly possible that the night sky over Alabama could shimmer with those otherworldly greens and pinks normally ...

People in the U.S. were treated to stunning auroras last week when a powerful geomagnetic storm pushed the celestial displays as far south as Florida and Mexico. The spectacle was particularly ...

2025 was another busy year on the sun. But how did it compare with 2024, and what will 2026 bring for solar activity and the northern lights? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Heightened solar activity meant 2025 was one of the best years to see the northern lights and capture them on camera.

The Sun seems like a perfectly reliable, unchanging presence in the daytime sky, but it’s not. Intense heat and pressure in its core fuses hydrogen atoms into helium, fueling the cosmic fire that ...

The sun has been unleashing a series of intense solar flares in recent weeks and much of last year as scientists forecast the sun has reached its solar maximum, an 11-year cycle. However, some ...

People in the U.S. were treated to stunning auroras last week when a powerful geomagnetic storm pushed the celestial displays as far south as Florida and Mexico. The spectacle was particularly ...