A vast, magnetically tangled sunspot has rotated into direct view of Earth, raising the prospect of powerful solar eruptions in the coming days. The active region is large enough to dwarf our planet ...

Sunspot AR3311 have been extremely active since its emergence in NASA Solar Dynamics views. Seven m-class flares can be seen in this time-lapsed footage. Credit: NASA/SDO/Helio Viewer ...

One of the largest sunspot formations of the past several years is currently visible on the sun. The group, catalogued as AR 4294-4298, is so large that several of the dark regions exceed the Earth’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A spot on the sun 10 times larger than Earth has been seen ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A new sunspot forming on the surface of the sun might be about to fling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Solar Cycle 26 prediction uses a newly identified sunspot switch-off point to forecast solar activity up to seven years early.

Experts have announced that the Sun has reached its solar maximum period, which could continue for the next year. Scientists will not be able to determine the exact peak of this solar maximum period ...

Images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory highlight the appearance of the Sun at solar minimum (left, Dec. 2019) versus solar maximum (right, May 2024). These images are in the 171 wavelength of ...