T he explosive peak in the sun's roughly 11-year cycle of activity — known as the solar maximum — is already well underway, scientists have announced. While many experts suspected that this ...

Has solar maximum already come and gone? Perhaps not. Looking back to the first solar cycle graph shown in this article, we see that Solar Cycle 24 had two peaks — one in 2012, and a second in 2014.

Solar activity is currently at a 23-year high, with Solar Cycle 25 more active than Solar Cycle 24, which occurred from 2009 through 2019. It's now approaching the strength of Solar Cycle 23 ...

This cycle has been more active than scientists first predicted, as Solar Cycle 24 was fairly quiet even during its maximum. The Solar Cycle 25 sunspot number forecast, ...

The current solar cycle (Solar Cycle 25) began in 2019. ... (Solar Cycle 24, 2008-2019), which explains in part why auroras have been much more widely visible. ...

We are currently in Solar Cycle 25, which was forecast to be weak, like the preceding Solar Cycle 24. However, it appears that as we approach the next solar maximum, this solar cycle may be one of ...

Even though the sun's current solar cycle hasn't reached its peak yet, scientists have seen signs that the next 11-year solar cycle is already getting ready for its time to shine.

September 2017 saw the declining phase of the previous solar cycle (Solar Cycle 24), which peaked in 2014. Following a period of lower solar activity, active region AR 12673 rapidly emerged onto ...

"Solar Cycle 25 is shaping up to be a relatively small cycle but slightly larger than Cycle 24," said Lisa Upton, co-chair of the Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel.

Solar Cycle 25 is underway, ... “This is the big test for our models — whether Cycle 25 will play out about the same as Cycle 24,” Pesnell said.

First official sunspot belonging to the new Solar Cycle 24. High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) . A new 11-year cycle of heightened solar activity, bringing with it increased risks for power grids ...

Has solar maximum already come and gone? Perhaps not. Looking back to the first solar cycle graph shown in this article, we see that Solar Cycle 24 had two peaks — one in 2012, and a second in 2014.