This famous “battle zone” refers to a phase of the solar cycle during which the appearance of giant coronal holes is observed ...

Two giant holes appeared on the sun's surface. They're called coronal holes, and they'll send solar winds toward Earth, revealing stunning northern lights. More from News Two giant holes appeared ...

Space weather experts warn that solar activity will persist or even increase after solar maximum has ended and we enter a phase of the solar cycle dubbed the "battle zone." ...

The sun may produce extremely powerful bursts of ... These are often associated with a subsequent coronal mass ejection (CME), a bubble of magnetised plasma particles that shoots out into space.

Most of this activity lacks sufficient punch to harm us… but every now and then, the Sun erupts with a flare powerful enough to do serious damage. And we don't know how often such events occur.

The Parker Solar Probe will swoop just 6.1 million kilometers above the sun’s surface on Christmas Eve. Scientists are ...

This discovery presents some interesting problems, centered around the fact that previous research suggested the mass was one big black hole, thousands of times the mass of the Sun. But learning ...

Solar winds taking your breath away, giant coronal holes, and spectacular auroras ... alternates between periods of low and high magnetic activity. Currently, the Sun is approaching its solar maximum ...