Nevertheless, the dynamic variations in X-ray images during ... with a particular focus on the periods of sudden solar wind number density increase, the southward turning of the interplanetary ...

The UK's solar power capacity has reached 17.2 GW in 2024, with a government target to increase this to 70 GW by 2035 and possibly 90 GW by 2050 to achieve net-zero emissions. New research ...

An international team, including an Oregon State University astrophysicist, has confirmed a 19-year-old theory on solar flare formation by observing “slip-running” reconnections of the sun’s magnetic ...

There may be more northern lights – or aurora borealis – sightings this spring. As we near the spring equinox, also known as the vernal equinox, on March 20, the Earth's magnetic field and ...

The reason behind this has to do with the solar cycle. Like a bar magnet, the Sun also has a magnetic field with north and south poles. The magnetic field exists due to the constant movement of ...