There were significantly more X-class solar flares in 2024 than any other year for at least three decades. The arrival of solar maximum was a key reason for the spike, but other factors were also at ...

High solar activity levels have historically been linked to warmer temperatures, on average, across Earth, according to the ...

But those big black solar panels may be due for a makeover. A Woburn startup called Active Surfaces says it’s got just the thing — a new kind of solar collector so thin and flexible it can be attached ...

It’s notoriously difficult to predict when the sun will belch out a large solar flare — an explosive burst of radiation that ...

As sunspots emerge on the sun's surface close to its equator, their orientations will match the old magnetic field, while sunspots forming closer to the poles will have a magnetic field matching the ...

By Professor Emeritus I. M. Dharmadasa Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom This article summarises the history of ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

And the lower cost of producing these lightweight cells, printed on flexible plastic, means that manufacturing can remain in ...