During these phases, sunspots and solar eruptions are uncommon. At this time, the Sun’s magnetic field is mainly dipolar. Signs of magnetic activity at active latitudes become hard to see.

The Sun's periods of rowdy activity may get all the glory, but even in its quieter times, our home star can subtly reshape ...

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Don’t be alarmed, but the sun has just ‘gone blank’ - with recent NASA images showing that the sunspots and flares which speckle the surface have vanished. The website SpaceWeather.com says, ‘The sun ...

We know that the sun has entered its peak phase of activity, called solar maximum. But are we still in it, or is solar maximum already behind us? Let's see what the data has to say. However, the ...

The Sun in ultraviolet, as seen by the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory, during two periods: one the recent solar minimum in around 2019, and the solar maximum that preceded it, when the Sun was much ...

This split image shows the difference between an active Sun during solar maximum (on the left, captured in April 2014) and a quiet Sun during solar minimum (on the right, captured in December 2019).

New study reveals that even small differences in solar magnetic activity produce detectable changes inside the Sun.