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Long-standing sunspot puzzle solved
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Universities of Glasgow, Strathclyde and Central Lancashire have used 21st Century solar observations and image processing to finally solve a sunspot puzzle first noticed ...
The Sun Shows Signs of Life
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2008 |
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After two-plus years of few sunspots, even fewer solar flares, and a generally eerie calm, the sun is finally showing signs of life. "I think solar minimum is behind us," says sunspot forecaster David Hathaway ...
Are Sunspots Disappearing?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 03, 2009 |
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The sun is in the pits of the deepest solar minimum in nearly a century. Weeks and sometimes whole months go by without even a single tiny sunspot. The quiet has dragged out for more than two years, prompting ...
Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 17, 2007 |
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The solar physics community is abuzz this week. No, there haven't been any great eruptions or solar storms. The source of the excitement is a modest knot of magnetism that popped over the sun's eastern limb ...
What spooks the stock market in October?
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- October ushers in the fourth quarter, falling leaves, football and in some, now infamous, years, financial meltdowns. Is the tenth month of the year more prone to stock market crashes than others? Economics ...
What's Wrong with the Sun? (Nothing)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2008 |
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Stop the presses! The sun is behaving normally. So says NASA solar physicist David Hathaway. "There have been some reports lately that Solar Minimum is lasting longer than it should. That's not true. The ongoing ...
NASA Satellites Capture Start of New Solar Cycle
Jan 11, 2008 |
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NASA scientists say a new solar cycle is beginning, and this could have important repercussions for space-based technology ranging from GPS navigation to weather satellites.
Solar Mystery Solved
Aug 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar flares are amongst the most dangerous cosmic phenomena man has ever known. Though they pose no harm to humans, their effect on technology is vast. When they occur, they possess the capability ...
Sunspot is harbinger of new solar cycle, increasing risk for electrical systems
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 07, 2008 |
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A new 11-year cycle of heightened solar activity, bringing with it increased risks for power grids, critical military, civilian and airline communications, GPS signals and even cell phones and ATM transactions, ...
Link Between Sunspots, Rain Helps Predict Disease in East Africa
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 07, 2007 |
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A new study shows that sunspot cycles can be used to predict heavy rains, flooding and subsequent disease outbreaks in East Africa.
Mystery of the Missing Sunspots, Solved?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2009 |
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The sun is in the pits of a century-class solar minimum, and sunspots have been puzzlingly scarce for more than two years. Now, for the first time, solar physicists might understand why.
Our Sun: A Little Slow On the Uptake for Cycle 24
Apr 27, 2009 |
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A very recent article carried by the BBC called, 'Quiet Sun Baffling Astronomers' sent me in a twitter of research activity. The BBC article's head notes include "The Sun is the Dimmest It Has Been for Nearly ...
How Low Can It Go? Sun Plunges into the Quietest Solar Minimum in a Century
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The sunspot cycle is behaving a little like the stock market. Just when you think it has hit bottom, it goes even lower.
Solar Cycle 25 peaking around 2022 could be one of the weakest in centuries
May 11, 2006 |
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The Sun's Great Conveyor Belt has slowed to a record-low crawl, according to research by NASA solar physicist David Hathaway. "It's off the bottom of the charts," he says. "This has important repercussions ...
New Solar Cycle Prediction
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international panel of experts led by NOAA and sponsored by NASA has released a new prediction for the next solar cycle. Solar Cycle 24 will peak, they say, in May 2013 with a below-average ...
