The sun has entered its 25th solar cycle and is about to wake up. For the last few years our star has been pretty sleepy, with few sunspots, bright flares or massive ejections of magnetized plasma emanating from its surface. This quiet period is known as the solar minimum, but things are starting to heat up again. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-10-solar-sun.html…
Tag: Solar cycle
Can we predict large solar flares?
Solar storms pose risks for society, but more accurate space weather forecasts may be coming soon. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/can-we-predict-large-solar-flares-kasano-interview…
A new solar cycle just started. Here’s what that means.
We’re officially nine months into solar cycle 25, scientists have confirmed, and it will likely look much like its predecessor, which ran from 2008 to 2019. Source: https://www.livescience.com/solar-cycle-25-starts.html
Solar Cycle 25 Begins
Solar Cycle 25 Begins Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
How scientists around the world track the solar cycle
Every morning, astronomer Steve Padilla takes a short walk from his home to the base of a tower that soars 150 feet above the ground. Tucked in the San Gabriel Mountains, about an hour’s drive north from Los Angeles, the Mount Wilson Observatory has long been a home for space science—it’s Padilla’s home too, one of the perks to his work…
Solar cycle 25 is here. NASA, NOAA scientists explain what that means
Solar Cycle 25 has begun. During a media event on Tuesday, experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) discussed their analysis and predictions about the new solar cycle—and how the coming upswing in space weather will impact our lives and technology on Earth, as well as astronauts in space. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-09-solar-nasa-noaa-scientists.html…
Solar Orbiter’s 1st views of the sun
Solar Orbiter’s new views are the closest images of the sun taken so far. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/solar-orbiters-first-views-of-the-sun…
10 years of the sun in 1 hour
A new timelapse from NASA’s SDO Observatory condenses an entire solar cycle into 1 hour. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/10-years-sun-solar-cycle-video…