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Making sense of the solar cycle

Making sense of the solar cycle

Sunspot activity is heating up as the Sun heads towards ‘solar maximum’. Watch the video…

Spotless Sun

Spotless Sun

The Case of the Missing Sunspots has finally been solved.

Stretchy “conveyor belt” slows the Sun

Stretchy “conveyor belt” slows the Sun

Why was the last solar cycle so long? Stretched plasma streams could be the answer.

Stellar acoustics sound like sunspots

Stellar acoustics sound like sunspots

Starquakes make stars “ring like a bell”, revealing details of their magnetism.

Sun’s size surprises scientists

Sun’s size surprises scientists

The Sun has unexpectedly stayed the same size for the last 12 years.

Sun begins a new cycle

Sun begins a new cycle

The Sun appears to have begun its latest cycle of sunspot activity.