Every eleven years, the sun's magnetic field flips. Sunspots—dark, cooler regions on the sun's surface that mark intense ...

A 40-year study shows the Sun’s internal structure subtly shifts between quiet cycles, offering clues to future solar activity.

The Sun's periods of rowdy activity may get all the glory, but even in its quieter times, our home star can subtly reshape its interior. According to a new analysis of decades' worth of data, the ...

Our sun was born 4.6 billion years ago near the crowded center of the Milky Way and then migrated roughly 10,000 light-years ...

A new study suggests the Sun moved outward with many similar stars during a large Milky Way migration event long ago.

Is a sun a star or a planet? Current definitions define a star as a body that generates its own energy. While humans have relied on the sun for hundreds of thousands of years, it's only in the last ...