Posted on 05/22/2021 5:56:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The solar cycle of the Sun's magnetic field lasts for around 11 years. We are currently at the beginning of Cycle 25, the 25th cycle since humans started recording them. The solar minimum is the part of the cycle that has the least amount of activity, while the solar maximum – which is due for July 2025 – is the most active, causing the Sun's magnetic poles to flip, sunspots, and solar eruptions of particles.
The new study, reported in the journal Solar Physics, has found that solar storms will either occur before the maximum or after the maximum depending on if the cycle is an odd or even number. If the cycle is even, solar storms are more likely to occur early in the cycle, and if they are odd-numbered, like Cycle 25, extreme space weather is more likely to occur later ie after the maximum in 2025.
Solar storms affect space weather greatly. They can be a risk to satellites, spacecraft, and astronauts, so such a finding is a warning. Forays away from Earth’s protective magnetic field may come with extra risks depending on which cycle and what year is it.
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Solar Storm-Hunting Spaceship Looking for a Name, Submissions Accepted
22 May 2021, 7:22 UTC · by Daniel Patrascu
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/solar-storm-hunting-spaceship-looking-for-a-name-submissions-accepted-161707.html
No white men going this time
I thought we were supposed to be in a minimum ushering in another Little Ice Age.
I don’t know.
Among others, there is also a 6000 year cycle which I believe is at about 6000 years.
If it got me away from liberals, I’d move to the moon.
NASA needs more excuses to avoid putting men on the moon and missing yet another deadline.
For decades it has been “the dog ate my homework”.
Time to try something new.
Or so sez the “I ****ing make up **** and call it science” website. :^)
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