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The calm before the solar storm? NASA warns ‘something unexpected is happening to the Sun’

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The calm before the solar storm? NASA warns ‘something unexpected is happening to the Sun’

  • 2013 was due to be year of the ‘solar maximum’
  • As this picture shows, in fact the sun is incredibly calm – baffling experts

By Mark Prigg

PUBLISHED: 11:54 EST, 8 March 2013 | UPDATED: 12:34 EST, 8 March 2013

 

The calm before the solar storm? NASA warns ‘something unexpected is happening to the Sun’

‘Something unexpected’ is happening on the Sun, Nasa has warned.

This year was supposed to be the year of ‘solar maximum,’ the peak of the 11-year sunspot cycle. 

But as this image reveals, solar activity is relatively low.

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Sunspot numbers are well below their values from 2011, and strong solar flares have been infrequent, as this image shows - despite Nasa forecasting major solar storms

Sunspot numbers are well below their values from 2011, and strong solar flares have been infrequent, as this image shows – despite Nasa forecasting major solar storms

 

THE SOLAR CYCLE

Conventional wisdom holds that solar activity swings back and forth like a simple pendulum.

At one end of the cycle, there is a quiet time with few sunspots and flares.

At the other end, solar max brings high sunspot numbers and frequent solar storms.

It’s a regular rhythm that repeats every 11 years.

Reality is more complicated.

Astronomers have been counting sunspots for centuries, and they have seen that the solar cycle is not perfectly regular.

‘Sunspot numbers are well below their values from 2011, and strong solar flares have been infrequent,’ the space agency says.

The image above shows the Earth-facing surface of the Sun on February 28, 2013, as observed by the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.

It observed just a few small sunspots on an otherwise clean face, which is usually riddled with many spots during peak solar activity.

Experts have been baffled by the apparent lack of activity – with many wondering if NASA simply got it wrong.

Read The Whole Article With Video Here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2290289/NASA-warns-unexpected-happening-Sun-year-supposed-peak-sunspot-cycle.html

 

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  • apd

    I thought nasa can’t be trusted on things like planet x etc yet you post this as a credible source

    Get well soon jaywill

    • Your lucky if you get that. What color is the sky in your world? What you lack in intelligence, you more than makes up for in stupidity.

      • Troll King

        Look up stupidity a dictionary and you’ll see JayWill’s name included in the definition.

      • heres 50 cents moron, go rent a clue.

      • Some people don’t hesitate to speak their minds because they have nothing to lose

      • They shot you through the stupid forest, and you didn’t miss a tree.

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