Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officially, solar maximum is defined as the peak month of a given solar cycle, based on monthly sunspot numbers. More specifically ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The latest image of the sun from NASA's Solar Dynamics ...

You could get more opportunities to see supercharged auroras over the next few months, thanks to our very active sun. Solar activity waxes and wanes on an 11-year cycle. The current cycle, known as ...

In a major breakthrough for the solar industry, Heliene will make solar panels using SOLARCYCLE‘s ultra-low carbon solar glass made of recycled solar panel materials. The North American solar panel ...

In a teleconference with reporters on Tuesday, representatives from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the international Solar Cycle Prediction Panel announced that ...

After months of intense solar flares, NASA confirms that the Sun has reached the most active period of its cycle. Reading time 3 minutes The Sun has been acting up, and we can finally confirm why.

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Washington, has set a goal for solar to provide 30 percent of U.S. electricity generation by 2030. For that to happen, the U.S. will need to add nearly ...

Every morning, astronomer Steve Padilla takes a short walk from his home to the base of a tower that soars 150 feet above the ground. Tucked in the San Gabriel Mountains, about an hour’s drive north ...

PV Cycle Belgium says it collected and processed 404 tons of solar panels for recycling during the first quarter of this year. It notes that the number of solar panels it has collected over the last ...