These results could benefit space weather forecasts.

This week's science news.

In 1995, scientists made a revolutionary find with the discovery of 51 Pegasi b, a massive exoplanet in a tight orbit around ...

A trio of major solar flares triggered radio blackouts across Earth and may spark impressive northern lights as possible ...

A solar radio burst clung to the Sun for 19 days, smashing all records. Scientists traced it to a magnetic trap fed by three ...

Space enthusiasts have been put on alert after NASA released a stunning image of multiple solar flares. The solar flares ...

Parker's instruments are gathering measurements while the Sun is in an active phase of its 11-year solar cycle, a period ...

The recent flurry of solar storms suggests the sun is in a period of maximal activity as part of its 11-year cycle. The active period is likely to continue over the next year, so more auroras could be ...

Not only is Earth suddenly spinning faster, but our Sun is getting more active than NASA predicted. The Sun appears to have a cycle of about 11 years during which it waxes and wanes. Its activity is ...

An exceptionally rare, "quadruple" solar flare just exploded from four different points across the sun's surface at almost the exact same time. The components of this interconnected, explosive tetrad ...