The Sun is now at the most active point in its roughly 11‑year solar cycle, and scientists say the current peak has arrived earlier and more forcefully than first expected. As activity climbs, ...

The sun is experiencing a violent solar storm, releasing one of the strongest solar flares seen in the past 30 years ...

New findingspublished in The Astrophysical Journal Letterssuggest that solar flares—massive explosions of energy in the Sun’s atmosphere—may be up to 6.5 times hotter than scientists previously ...

Scientists using the world's most powerful solar telescope say they've finally observed small-scale magnetic twists on the sun — a discovery that may help solve the longstanding mystery of how the sun ...

At Walking Mountains, we use solar energy to support the Eagle County emission reduction goals and guide the community on energy savings. But what exactly is solar and why are we using it? Solar ...