In September, scientists announced that our Sun has entered a new cycle. ☀️🔄 As sunspots and flares, signs of a new solar cycle, bubble from the Sun’s surface, scientists wonder what this next cycle will look like. The short answer is, probably a lot like the last — that is, the past 11 years of the Sun’s life, since that’s the average length of any given cycle. But the longer story involves a panel of experts that meets once a decade, a fleet of Sun-studying satellites, and dozens of complicat

Our Sun has entered a new cycle. A panel co-sponsored by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) & NASA has announced that the Sun’s low point in activity happened in December 2019, marking the start of a new solar cycle: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/solar-cycle-25-is-here-nasa-noaa-scientists-explain-what-that-means/ Scientists study the solar cycle so we can better predict solar activity — critical both on Earth and in space. The Sun’s outbursts can disturb the satellites

Massive Sun Blast Alert! Far-Side Eruption Could Impact Earth | Solar Flare & Space Weather 2026” A massive solar eruption erupted from the Sun’s far-side north pole on January 13, 2026, sending streams of plasma into space. This highly active region is rotating toward Earth, raising the potential for strong solar flares, increased solar wind, and auroras at high latitudes in the coming days. While no Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were detected yet, scientists continue to closely