Solar maximum refers to the highest rate of solar activity ... Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) announced that the sun has entered its solar maximum period which could continue for another year.

Our sun has an 11-year ... temperature compared to the surrounding areas. The sun's magnetic field becomes highly distorted ...

We know that the sun has entered its peak phase of activity ... solar cycle is awakening, but more extreme space weather over the next 50 years may not be a bad thing It's been one year since ...

The concern comes amid recent solar ... 11-year cycle since record keeping began in 1755. At the beginning of the current cycle, the National Weather Service predicted that peak sunspot activity ...

This year has ... "During solar maximum, the number of sunspots, and therefore, the amount of solar activity, increases,” ...

The recent flurry of solar storms suggests the sun is in a period of maximal activity as part of its 11-year cycle ... but Korreck said space weather forecasts are still in its infancy.

Our nearest star is always volatile, but its magnetic action waxes and wanes on an 11-year ... activity changes. Extreme events, such as CMEs and strong solar flares or storms, generate space weather.

They've been counted every day since 1610, which has helped astronomers calculate that the sun's magnetic activity waxes and wanes through an 11-year solar cycle ... NOAA's Space Weather ...

Activity on the sun’s surface is measured over 11-year periods, achieving a “solar minimum” and a “solar maximum,” and NASA said a peak—an increase in solar weather events—was ...

Spring has almost sprung — at least the weather will feel like ... sun approaches the peak of its 11-year solar cycle, expected in 2025, electromagnetic activity is intensifying.