Certain antsy astronomers are super-freaked-out: The sun has lost its spots. The sun’s magnetism has been decreasing for years, and now there hasn’t been a single sunspot since last year. The last ...

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 ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...