Latest about solar maximum
15 signs the sun is gearing up for its explosive peak — the solar maximum
Experts believe the upcoming solar maximum could be more active and arrive sooner than previously expected. Here are 15 signs that they are right.
Scientists finally acknowledge that they got their solar cycle predictions wrong, and that we are fast approaching the sun's explosive peak
NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has released a "revised prediction" for the current solar cycle, which states that the upcoming solar maximum will arrive sooner and be more explosive than they initially forecast — as Live Science previously reported.
Upcoming solar maximum could scramble migrating birds' internal compass, new study shows
By analyzing how birds migrated across the U.S. over a 23-year period, researchers have shown that solar weather events can seriously disrupt the navigation of the wandering avians.
Ancient superpowered solar storm that hit Earth 14,000 years ago is the 'biggest ever identified'
High radiocarbon levels in the rings of subfossil tree stumps suggest that an incomprehensibly powerful solar storm, known as a "Miyake event," smashed into our planet more than 14 millennia ago.
Could an impending rise in solar storms cause more whales to strand?
Past research suggests that some whale species are more likely to get lost and accidentally beach themselves during periods of increased solar activity, such as the upcoming solar maximum.
All of Neptune's clouds have mysteriously disappeared, and the sun may be to blame
The disappearance of the gas giant's clouds is tied to the sun's 11-year cycle.
'Cannibal' coronal mass ejection that devoured 'dark eruption' from sun will smash into Earth today (July 18)
Two coronal mass ejections have combined into an enormous cloud of magnetized plasma that is forecast to hit Earth on Tuesday and potentially trigger a weak geomagnetic storm.
Where are the noctilucent clouds we were promised? The sun might be to blame.
Photographers hoping to capture stunning "night-shining" clouds have been left frustrated this year. The fast-approaching solar maximum may be to blame.
