Tag: "Solar Cycle"

Is the Sun Pulling a Rip Van Winkle?

Is the Sun Pulling a Rip Van Winkle?

The Sun seems to be unusually quiet these last few years–and solar scientists are excited by this long, deep slumber….

 
Ben Burress

Post on Apr 10, 2009 by

The Last Hoorah for Solar Cycle 23?

The Last Hoorah for Solar Cycle 23?

Magnetic activity on March 27th; white indicates N magnetic poles, black S. Credit: ESA/SOHO/NASA. A few blogs back I wrote about the 11-year cycle of ups and downs in solar activity–the Solar Cycle –and how over the last year or so the baton was supposedly passed from Cycle 23 to Cycle 24. But there has [...]

 
Ben Burress

Post on Apr 11, 2008 by