We present observational signatures of solar cycle 25 onset. Those signatures are visibly following a migratory path from high to low latitudes.

Space weather forecasting capability is six decades behind terrestrial weather forecasting," you will often hear at gatherings of scientists determined to understand the connections between our star and our home on Earth. It is an accurate statement in terms of capability.

The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) provides an unparalleled opportunity to explore the (thermal) interface between the chromosphere, transition region, and the coronal plasma observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

New observational work provides more information about the evolution of the Sun's interior and origins of its enigmatic 11(-ish) solar cycle. The research potentially opens the door to improved forecasting of decadal-scale solar variability.