Explore what economic sunspots are, how they influence financial markets independently of fundamentals, and their fascinating ...

The ‘Maunder Minimum' is the name given to the period from 1645 to 1715 when the number of sunspots – ‘storms' on the sun – became almost zero. The period is named after the solar astronomer Edward ...

Sunspots, those mysterious dark patches on the Sun’s surface, have been observed by astronomers for thousands of years. Yet, despite centuries of study, no one fully understood why these spots could ...

A large sunspot has just reappeared on the sun's Earth-facing surface, almost two months after it first emerged. The unusually old dark patch remains stable and could be on course to become the ...

Space watchers are taking a keen interest in the sun’s actions over the last 24 hours. A sun spot, or a temporary, dark, ...