T he Sun goes through an 11-year cycle of activity, going from the solar maximum, where it is covered in many sunspots and is ...

Space weather may intensify in the coming decades with more frequent solar flares and eruptions to batter the planet. Whilst Earth's technology, including satellites and power grids, is likely to feel ...

According to the ESA, this is called a "magnetogram" and shows that the ... a period of peak sunspot activity in an 11-year cycle. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, captured the image ...