July 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
... reasons that we still do not understand, the production of sunspots effectively stopped for almost 70 years (approximately seven solar cycles). This is known as the Maunder Minimum, after British astronomers Annie and Walter Maunder, who first noted...
June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
... days, can still thankfully be viewed as a rare event but nonetheless it could happen, especially during a solar cycle maximum. The 25th solar cycle is now underway and, although predicted to be weaker than normal, is expected to reach a peak in July...
25 November 2020
Solar astronomers "listening" to the Sun can now predict future sunspots
... has been dubbed “the strongest far-side signal" yet to be encountered during this solar cycle, has now appeared near the eastern solar limb, and can be seen from Earth. “We measured a change in acoustic signals on the far...
20 September 2021
Best time for a human Mars mission? During a solar maximum, new study says
...elements from hydrogen to nickel propagate through a spacecraft shell during different phases of a solar cycle. Protons and nine ion species to model solar particle irradiation were also included in the models and varying thicknesses of shielded were...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
...to create them through sense-giving and sense-making cycles allows them to curate a rich set of interactions...vary depending on the mood or if we want to replicate solar cycles. These types of environmental colour adjustments are already used on ...
October 2019
Electric orbit raising and space weather
...allow satellite operators to minimise the radiation dose absorbed by solar cells by optimising the transfer orbit. The use of ...onboard spacecraft, as well as how changes during a solar cycle affect the overall behaviour of the Van Allen belts and...
