There may be more northern lights – or aurora borealis – sightings this spring. As we near the spring equinox, also known as the vernal equinox, on March 20, the Earth's magnetic field and ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The government will look into implementing a sixth cycle of the large scale solar (LSS) programme to utilise the potential 5.2 Gigawatts (GW) of solar power capacity in Peninsular ...

What are solar cycles? What is the solar maximum? The number of sunspots on the sun's surface changes on a fairly regular cycle, which scientists refer to as the sun's 11-year solar cycle.

The increase in the number of solar missions is no coincidence. The reason behind this has to do with the solar cycle. Like a bar magnet, the Sun also has a magnetic field with north and south poles.