20 September 2021
Best time for a human Mars mission? During a solar maximum, new study says
...). Conversely, cosmic ray activity is most enhanced during solar minimum and lowest during solar maximum. This, say Dobynde and team, is a good thing because when the fluxes in solar particles are high they can help deflect harmful...
12 October 2016
Proxima Centauri reveals yet more intrigue as a cycle of dramatic sunspots is observed
... an 11-year sun spot activity cycle that sees the Sun’s surface nearly spot-free during a solar minimum, whilst during a solar maximum typically more than 100 sunspots cover less than one percent of the Sun's surface...
22 June 2021
Space Perspective confirms successful test flight
... recent science project competition for students grades 7-12. One experiment measured the sun’s magnetic field to confirm solar minimum, the time when the sun is least active. A second measured the effects of the space environment on memory...
