Solar Peace Now

This is the second time this year that the sun has been spotless. The first was late January. The NASA story discusses extrapolating from the January event and previous obvervations that the next solar minimum would happen in two years since minimums have typically occurred 35 months after the first spotless sun.

2 thoughts on “Solar Peace Now”

  1. “They cause aurorae when not dangerous, and electro-magnetic interference when stronger to the point of disabling satellites in orbit and electronics on the ground”

    Dangerous storms produce fantastic aurorae, e.g. the Halloween storms.

  2. But I’m sure you realize that I meant at a minimum they create aurorae. I should endeavour to be more clear.

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