Anyone can get sunspots, but they usually appear around age 40—thanks to more years spent in the sun. These spots happen when cells that produce skin pigment (called melanin) overproduce after ...

The sun was well observed during the period of the Maunder Minimum and this lack of sunspots is well documented. This period of solar inactivity corresponded to a climatic period called the ‘Little ...

On a dynamic planet like Earth, it can be easy for drivers of change to go unnoticed – but scientists have now established ...

A minor geomagnetic storm is forecast for Wednesday March 5. Chances remain strong for seeing the aurora borealis in the months ahead.

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The sunspots are produced by powerful magnetic fields coming from inside the sun, which, on one hand, would fry your electronics, but more importantly, where a sunspot forms, a solar flare often ...

As the spring equinox approaches, northern lights hunters will scour the skies for breathtaking displays of color.

Sunspots can be a stubborn skin issue that makes you feel self-conscious. Luckily, with the right makeup techniques, you can ...

The sun ended the weekend with a bang as a sunspot rotating out of our view erupted with a powerful solar flare on Sunday afternoon. At 2:27 p.m. EST (1927 GMT) on Sunday, (Feb. 24), a X2.0 solar ...

A 2022 study by some of the same authors had previously established that solar activity, including sunspots, impacts seismicity on our planet. “However, the mechanisms by which the Sun can ...

Galileo was among the first to observe that the Sun was marked by small dark imperfections. Observers began to keep track of these sunspots, noting not only their variable number but the fact that ...