02 December 2016
GREGOR helps scientists take a closer look at the Sun
... the decay phase and they can also represent the re-establishment of convection which is normally suppressed by the sunspot's strong magnetic field. To highlight the initial success of GREGOR, a series of papers based on the telescope’s first science...
July 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
... mass ejections and geomagnetic storms; years and decades in sunspot production; yet centuries and millennia in its global energy generation...scrutiny The observed Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) and sunspot number count over the last 3.5 solar cycles. ...
16 September 2020
The Sun enters a new cycle and will reach a peak in 2025
...Observatory of Belgium in Brussels. Scientists don't just rely on sunspot activity though. Other indicators also help determine when the Sun... an end when statistics in January 2020 showed that sunspot numbers rose for the first time since cycle 24's ...
01 June 2020
Giant magnetic spots discovered on small super-hot stars
... stars appear to be quite different though from the dark sunspots on our own Sun. Although both are caused by magnetic.... EHB spots are also incredibly persistent, lasting for decades. Sunspots on the other hand are temporary, lasting only a few days...
October 2019
Electric orbit raising and space weather
... of solar particles into Earth’s magnetosphere. Such disturbances typically occur more frequently during periods of maximum sunspot number and coincide with changes in solar wind conditions causing a distortion of Earth’s magnetosphere. This can...
November 2025
Vantage Vigil - Europe’s first operational space weather mission nears approval
... imaging.” Vigil is more than a mission – it is an insurance policy for a technology-reliant world By observing the evolution of active sunspot regions as they rotate toward the Earth-facing side of the Sun, Vigil will add a vital four...
