Then, in 1715, they mysteriously started to appear again. In the period since, sunspots have come and gone on a cycle that appears to be about 11 years long, referred to as the solar cycle, with ...

Sunspot AR3256 erupted with an X1.2-class solar flare. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the fireworks in multiple wavelengths. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/SDO | edited by Stev ...

There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of solar maximum was a key reason for the spike, but other factors were also at ...

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...

As the sun geared up to spit a powerful solar flare into space ... regions of the sun with strong magnetic fields, usually near sunspots and are more frequent during the solar maximum, when ...

Activity is expected to peak sometime in 2025, and until then, it will continue to spew out solar flares from sunspots all across its surface. On top of causing radio blackouts, we’ve also seen ...

The Origin of the Sun's Magnetic Field Could Lie Close to Its Surface May 22, 2024 — Surprise findings suggest sunspots and solar flares could be generated by a magnetic field within the Sun's ...

And NASA doesn’t see these solar flares improving in the coming years. A sunspot captured by the Inouye Solar Telescope. Image source: NSO/AURA/NSF Every solar flare that erupts and every bit of ...

This phase is characterized by an increase in sunspots and solar flares, impacting Earth through geomagnetic storms that can disrupt satellites, power grids, and communicatio... In May 2024 ...

The reversal is driven by sunspots, which are regions of complex magnetic activity on the sun's surface that can trigger significant solar events, such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections ...

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NASA recently announced that as of late October, the Sun has reached solar maximum: a repeating crescendo of solar activity that often comes with increased solar flares. True to form, it seems ...