A new telescope installed in 2004 at Kitt Peak, Arizona, to monitor the next two cycles of solar activity has recorded the onset of the next solar cycle. Solar cycle 23, now waning, was relatively ...

One way to track the solar cycle is by counting the number of sunspots, which are dark, cooler patches on the Sun’s surface.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The sun is officially nine months into a new solar weather cycle, scientists have confirmed, and ...

Back in 2019, a consortium of scientists predicted August 2025 as the peak of the solar activity cycle. But where are we now? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Intelsat says high space weather activity likely knocked out onboard electronics needed to communicate with Galaxy 15 and keep it locked in its GEO orbital position. Image credit: NASA LOGAN, Utah — A ...

People in the U.S. were treated to stunning auroras last week when a powerful geomagnetic storm pushed the celestial displays as far south as Florida and Mexico. The spectacle was particularly ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Daniel Billett receives funding from the European Space Agency and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. University of Saskatchewan provides funding as a founding partner of ...