10 February 2020
ESA's Solar Orbiter probe blasts off to face the Sun
... scientist. “This will provide unprecedented insight into how our parent star works in terms of its 11-year solar activity cycle, and how the Sun creates and controls the magnetic bubble – the heliosphere – in which our...
16 September 2020
The Sun enters a new cycle and will reach a peak in 2025
... and it can take months to declare the start of a new solar cycle, NASA said. “As we emerge from solar minimum and approach Cycle 25’s maximum, it is important to remember solar activity never stops; it changes form as the pendulum swings,” said...
August 2019
Lessons from the Sun
... and analysed the sunspots of solar cycle 20, noted a precipitous drop in their number. Solar minimum was approaching but for ... hours. The towering trianglular shape of the McMath-Pierce solar telescope at Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA. Hints of rogue...
May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
...frequency of which depends on the phase of the solar cycle (less than one per day during the quiet phase...so under operationally viable constraints and (3) use specified real-time solar wind data feeds. All prize-winning solutions will be released ...
10 May 2021
Sun's biggest outburst this cycle is sending solar storms to Earth and Mars
... from the sun 9 May, are heading to Earth and Mars in what is being called the largest solar flare of Solar Cycle 25 yet. The Earth-bound eruption has been classed as weak compared to its Mars-directed counterpart but...
10 May 2016
When sunspots are minimal, the solar magnetic field is at a maximum, say researchers
... be better understood," explains Käpylä. The models constructed by the team covered about 80 solar cycles seen from the surface, i.e. more than 1,000 years in solar time and were extremely complex. However, the team acknowledge that even...
