Astronomers have discovered a series of enormous new sunspots on the side of the sun facing Earth, ahead of a period of what is expected to be increased solar activity. Sunspots are dark areas on the ...

Scientists say the sun could be waking up for a period of increased solar flare activity, after having been relatively quiet for the past few years. A new family of sunspots was discovered on the ...

With Earth set to be slammed with huge geometric storms between today and over the weekend, a health expert has explained how and why this could hit your health - and what you need to do. Due to ...

The Sun is experiencing a surge in activity which has resulted in the largest solar flare seen so this year. Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which constantly watches the Sun, captured an image of ...

As the UK faces extreme heat and weather warnings amid the climate crisis, with Dr Nikos Christidis, climate attribution scientist at the Met Office saying: “Climate change has already influenced the ...

Our sun has unexpectedly begun to ramp up its activity, which could lead to more severe solar storms that cause blackouts and disrupt global communications. NASA revealed that our solar system's home ...

About every 11 years, the sun goes through what's known as 'solar maximum', when many bizarre dark spots appear on its surface. These 'sunspots' – which can cluster together and form what looks like ...

Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics scientists have been able to disentangle the X-ray glow originating in our ...