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A Solar Forecast With Good News for Civilization as We Know It – The New York Times
Space weather experts believe the sun has entered a new sunspot cycle, and expect it to be a relatively quiet one.
Since then its been slowly but steadily increasing, said Lisa Upton, a solar scientist at the Space Systems Research Corporation and co-chair of Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel, which is sponsored by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Over the past half century, the solar cycles have become progressively weaker, leading some scientists to speculate that the sun might be on the cusp of an extended quiet period. The last solar maximum, with an average sunspot number of …
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