Scientists found a hidden signal beneath the sun and it may change what we know about solar cycles

For many years now, the activity of the Sun’s 11-year solar cycle has been gauged through visible indications like sunspots, ...
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Heliophysicists listening to the sun’s acoustic heartbeat just spotted a hidden shift in the 11-year cycle — magnetic activity now squeezed into a thin skin beneath the ...

For more than two decades, a global network of telescopes has been eavesdropping on the sun by tracking millions of tiny ...

Study shows how sunspot activity speeds up reentries

It's getting crowded up there. Over the past few years, the advent of SpaceX's Starlink and other players in the ...

Solar activity follows an 11‑year cycle. Here's how it controls eruptions and solar flares

When you look up at the sky on a sunny day, the sun might seem like a bright spot, unchanging in the sky. But the sun is a ...
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Northern Lights may be peaking as Solar Cycle 25 maximum is declared

The agencies that track sunspot activity say we’re now in peak solar activity, which has a big impact on the amount and southward extent of the Northern Lights. On Oct. 15, 2024 NOAA, NASA and the ...
Astronomy

Solar activity determines how fast space junk falls to Earth

When the Sun reaches higher levels of activity, junk drifting in low Earth orbit loses altitude at an increased rate — and for the first time, scientists have measured that increase and identified ...