Friday, March 29, 2013

Space Weather Swings Between Extreme Effects | Wired Science | Wired.com

Space Weather Swings Between Extreme Effects | Wired Science | Wired.com: Roughly every 11 years, headlines announce the peak of a natural variation known as�the solar cycle, pointing to a proliferation of sunspots, potentially dangerous solar flares and beautiful aurora.

This period of increased activity is known as solar maximum, the latest of which is predicted to arrive in August.�But scientists who study the sun say that we should be paying just as much attention to the sun’s calmer periods.

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