Every eleven years, the sun's magnetic field flips. Sunspots—dark, cooler regions on the sun's surface that mark intense magnetic activity and often trigger solar eruptions—appear at mid-latitudes and migrate toward the star's equator in a butterfly-shape pattern before fading as the cycle resets.

New observations are helping scientists peer beneath the Sun’s surface, revealing where its magnetic activity may truly begin. Every 11 years, the Sun’s magnetic field reverses. As that cycle unfolds,

Helioseismic data traces the solar dynamo to the tachocline about 200,000 km down.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 27th close approach to the Sun on March 11, again matching its record distance of 3.8 million miles (6.2 million kilometers) from the solar surface.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX launched three satellites early Wednesday on a million-mile trip to tackle the mysteries of space weather, including how to protect from the sun’s disruptive and dangerous solar flares. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from ...

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter mission recently captured a dramatic solar prominence rising from the edge of the sun, a rare and captivating sight even for mission scientists accustomed to our home star's constant activity. The footage, recorded ...

Parker also matched its record-breaking speed of 6,92,017.92 kilometres per hour. That is fast enough to travel from Mumbai to Delhi in under 4 seconds.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its 27th close approach to the Sun, reaching an unprecedented distance of 3.8 million miles from the solar surface. This milestone, achieved onMarch 11,

The Sun displays delicate changes in its internal structures even during its quieter phases of life, known as solar minima, new research has revealed. The research, conducted by astronomers at the University of Birmingham and Yale University, has uncovered ...