Galileo studied sunspots, sketching pictures of the changing pattern of spots on the Sun over time. In this activity, students will study the nature of sunspot cycles. Lead a class discussion about ...

The sunspot cycle has reached the bottom of a cycle, and is now heading toward a sunspot peak. Here’s a look at what more sunspots could mean over the next few years. Sunspots are magnetic explosions ...

The solar cycle continues to ramp up with currently the largest number of sunspots in the last two decades and maybe even longer. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center(SWPC) reports the estimated ...

Sunspots are our windows into the sun's complex interior. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sunspots are dark, planet-size regions ...

In direct contradiction to the official forecast, a team of scientists is predicting that the Sunspot Cycle that started this fall could be one of the strongest since record-keeping began. In direct ...

The creation and emergence of tilted, bipolar sunspot pairs and their subsequent decay and dispersal through flux transport processes determine the properties of the solar magnetic cycle 6,12,13,14,15 ...

We know that the sun has entered its peak phase of activity, called solar maximum. But are we still in it, or is solar maximum already behind us? Let's see what the data has to say. However, the ...

The cycle may result in dramatic space weather that could disrupt communications and power grids here on Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Enjoy our stormy sun while it lasts. When our star drops out of its latest sunspot activity cycle, the sun is most likely going into hibernation, scientists announced today. Three independent studies ...

To construct and evaluate graphs of the current sunspot cycle. Galileo studied sunspots, sketching pictures of the changing pattern of spots on the Sun over time. In this activity, students will study ...