Latest articles by Ryan French
A remote Antarctic research team became the only people on Earth to witness a rare annular solar eclipse — and one scientist had to improvise to capture it.
Scientists warn that extreme space weather could influence human behavior, from panic buying to protests and misinformation.
Scientists outline how a once-in-a-century solar storm could disrupt the technology modern society depends on.
Review The iOptron 80mm scope is easy to use and suited to both white-light solar viewing and nighttime observations.
2025 was another busy year on the sun. But how did it compare with 2024, and what will 2026 bring for solar activity and the northern lights?
Back in 2019, a consortium of scientists predicted August 2025 as the peak of the solar activity cycle. But where are we now?
Solar expert Dr. Ryan French explains how to safely photograph the sun and all of its wondrous features!
From America to Europe: How the 2026 total solar eclipse will differ from the great eclipse of 2024.
Solar Cycle 25 has surpassed its predecessor — but is the end in sight?
Nestled in the rolling green hills of the English countryside is an important site in global astronomical history. But now, with its future uncertain, this historic site is at risk.
We look ahead to 2025 as the sun ramps up its activity, driven by the peak of the current solar cycle.
The sun released over 50 X-class solar flares in 2024! Here we take a look at some of the best.
As August 2024 set another 20-year high for sunspots, recent solar flares have yet to top two solar flares from September 2017 that still hold unbroken records.
Our understanding of the sun has come a long way in recent decades, but there are still multiple outstanding mysteries that current and future missions hope to solve.
We explore the latest solar maximum predictions and look into why it could be a couple of years before we can confidently state when solar maximum occurred.
We explore why comparing the number of solar flares between solar cycles is more complicated than you may think and why many have got it wrong.
