The Sun experiences an ~ 11 year solar activity cycle (and ~ 22 year magnetic cycle) that alters the magnetic field in our heliosphere. The changing magnetic field causes a suppression of galactic cosmic rays (GCR) during solar maximum. This cyclic modulation of CRs by the Sun must be well-understood in order to accurately model GCR behavior. In addition, the Sun experiences short-timescale solar activity that generates solar energetic particle (SEP) events. AMS-02 provides new information about the highest energy SEPs in an energy range that has not been widely available to the heliophysics community.