Sun may be starting next solar cycle even though it’s only halfway through current one - Next solar cycle isn’t expected to start until 2030. advertisement. The Independent.

The current solar cycle, the 25th since records began, may have just recently passed its peak. Monthly numbers of sunspots, solar flares and eruptions are now set to gradually decline.

By historical definition, Solar Cycle 1 occurred between 1755 and 1766, placing the sun's current cycle in Solar Cycle 25. As of the end of 2024, we are firmly within the solar maximum period.

Another, lesser-known repeating pattern in solar activity is the Centennial Gleissberg Cycle (CGC) — a variation in the intensity of sunspot cycles that rises and falls every 80 to 100 years.

New research suggests that the unexpected intensity of the ongoing solar maximum may be partly tied to a lesser-known, 100-year solar cycle. If true, solar activity could spike further in the ...

To better understand how the magnetic reconnection process works and its impact on Earth, NASA is launching a pair of ...

The sun's current solar cycle. According to scientists, the solar maximum, or the next peak in solar activity, will occur between late 2024 and early 2026, according to Space.com.

The solar cycle is an 11 year cycle, with the counting starting back in the mid-1700s. We are currently at the miaximum of solar cycle 25. Solar cycles starting with cycle 1 to the current cycle 25.

Even as scientists watch the current solar cycle unfold, they’re also working to understand what future cycles might bring. That’s a difficult task, ...

An enormous X9 solar flare exploded from the sun on Oct. 3. (Image credit: NASA/SDO) On Oct. 3, the sun unleashed the most powerful solar flare of the current solar cycle yet.The X-class flare ...

The year 2024 was the peak of our current solar cycle, marked by several solar storms which impacted the Earth," Lisa Upton, lead scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Color ...