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The Sun's Sneaky Variability

The Sun's Sneaky Variability

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 5

Every 11 years, the sun undergoes a furious upheaval. Dark sunspots burst forth from beneath the sun's surface. Explosions as powerful as a billion atomic bombs spark intense flares of high-energy radiation. ...


Solar cycle driven by more than sunspots; Sun also bombards earth with high-speed streams of wind

Solar Cycle Driven by More than Sunspots

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Challenging conventional wisdom, new research finds that the number of sunspots provides an incomplete measure of changes in the Sun's impact on Earth over the course of the 11-year solar ...


Earth and the Sun

Study: Small fluctuations in solar activity, large influence on the climate

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Subtle connections between the 11-year solar cycle, the stratosphere, and the tropical Pacific Ocean work in sync to generate periodic weather patterns that affect much of the globe, according ...


Sun

Solar Mystery Solved

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 8

(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 ...


New Solar Cycle Prediction

New Solar Cycle Prediction

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (19) | comments 16

(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 ...


New Solar Cycle Prediction: Fewer Sunspots, But Not Necessarily Less Activity

New Solar Cycle Prediction: Fewer Sunspots, But Not Necessarily Less Activity

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (15) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international panel of experts has released a new prediction for the next solar cycle, stating that Solar Cycle 24 will peak in May 2013 with a below-average number of sunspots. Led by ...