May and June 2024 saw the highest sunspot numbers on the sun since 2002, but is the peak of the solar cycle here yet? The sun follows an 11-year solar cycle of increasing and decreasing activity.

Solar activity is likely to be on the decline all the way to 2030, which will mark the end of Solar Cycle 25.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. These processes follow the solar cycle, an 11-year cycle of increasing and decreasing activity on ...

Solar Cycle 25 has begun. During a media event on Tuesday, experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) discussed their analysis and predictions about the new solar ...

Our sun has officially hit its solar maximum, with increased rates of auroras and solar flares expected in the coming months, NASA has announced. The sun goes through 11-year cycles of activity, ...

BOULDER–Challenging conventional wisdom, new research finds that the number of sunspots provides an incomplete measure of changes in the Sun’s impact on Earth over the course of the 11-year solar ...

Despite only being halfway through our current solar cycle, the sun is showing signs of starting another. The sun is approaching the solar maximum of its current 11-year solar cycle, meaning that it ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Higher solar activity keeps Portland’s aurora chances higher through the year 2026. The sun goes through an 11-year cycle of activity where more sunspots, solar flares, and ...

A single patch on the Sun recently stayed hyperactive for 94 straight days, hurling flare after flare into space and setting ...

"Half-forgotten" sunspot drawings by Renaissance astronomer Johannes Kepler are showing us more about how the sun's cycle of activities work. "The group's findings … offer a key to resolving the ...