Dolar Maximum News Today

As the sun reaches solar maximum, Mars spacecraft are preparing to study the effects of increased radiation bombardment and how solar storms may impact future crewed missions to the Red Planet.

The sun and moon are the main actors in Monday's solar eclipse, but there's a star-studded supporting cast with planets, stars and possible a comet.

Space weather forecasters have issued a geomagnetic storm watch through Monday

Space weather forecasters have issued a geomagnetic storm watch through Monday

The AR3590 solar region has grown to become the is the largest sunspot of the solar cycle and can be seen with eclispe glasses. The region was already a record breaker, responsible for the most powerful solar flare seen since 2017.

The Sun is reaching "solar maximum" and it shows. It threw out three extremely strong explosions in a period of 24 hours.

Photos by the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter probe show activity ramping up on the sun's surface as it approaches solar maximum this year.

Sun Gazing Last fall, NASA's Mars rover spotted a massive spot on the surface of the Sun — and now, that ginormous maw is looking directly at the Earth. First reported by SpaceWeather.com, the sunspot is expected to blast a coronal mass ejection (CME) out towards Earth and will be "not just a near miss, but […]

Findings could help inform solar weather forecasts

Just a few hours before 2024, the Sun released a massive X5-class solar flare that was the strongest one since 2017. Read to learn more.