Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury orbits ...

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

The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11 years, which marks an important stage in the solar cycle. The shift in polarity marks the point at which the sun is halfway through solar maximum ...

It’s not true. Solar maximum is not confirmed to be arriving sooner than expected. Years ago this peak in the sun’s activity—something that occurs roughly every 11 years—was predicted to o ...

Flickering coronal "loops" on the Sun are warning signs of a coming solar eruption, paving the way for better space weather ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Surging across the solar system from the sun, the solar wind carries charged particles that strike the planets, on Earth causing ...

Currently, the sun is spitting out solar flares like there's no tomorrow thanks to the ongoing solar maximum — the peak in the sun's roughly 11-year cycle of activity — so there will be no ...