Researchers discover new clues to determining the solar cycle
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 - 16:30
in Astronomy & Space
Approximately every 11 years, the sun undergoes a complete personality change from quiet and calm to violently active. The height of the sun's activity, known as solar maximum, is a time of numerous sunspots, punctuated with profound eruptions that send radiation and solar particles out into the far reaches of space.