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Solar cycle 25 is fading, but scientists say the odds of a once-in-a-decade extreme aurora event are actually rising
In May 2024, people in Florida, Puerto Rico, and northern Mexico looked up and saw the northern lights with their naked eyes. The geomagnetic storm responsible was the strongest to hit Earth in over ...
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The sun is near the violent peak of its 11-year activity cycle
The Sun runs on an internal clock that turns over roughly every 11 years, swinging from calm to turbulent and back again. The ...
Scientists have developed a new way to predict the strength of the sun's next activity cycle up to seven years before it reaches its peak. The new method uses the number of sunspots at a newly ...
The solar cycle can be irregular, but some patterns might be trackable—enough to provide a heads-up before extreme weather events.
The Sun’s strongest space weather appears to stop suddenly at a specific point in each cycle. The number of sunspots at that moment may reveal how strong the following cycle will become.
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