Plasma flows may shed light on predicting sunspot cycles
Friday, March 23, 2012 - 15:30
in Astronomy & Space
A geophysics researcher wants to look inside the sun. More accurately, she wants to simulate the sun to study plasma flows associated with sunspot cycles. With the help of simulations scientists recently warned about a series of solar storms in early March, concerned that it could affect global positioning systems, power grids, satellites and airplane travel.