Solar Maximum Is Arriving Sooner Than Expected, And We Don't Know Why
Solar Maximum Is Arriving Sooner Than Expected, And We Don't Know Why
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Solar Maximum Is Arriving Sooner Than Expected, And We Don't Know Why
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Yay, for once it probably isn’t our fault.
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One thing I remember ( probably incorrectly) from undergrad astronomy is that it takes a photon something like a million years to migrate from the sun’s core to its surface.
Point being: There is very little that we can directly measure from 99% of the sun.
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Right, but this article is about the 11 year sunspot cycle, which is observed directly by viewing... sunspots. So not sure what your point is here.
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I think the point is that we can't know what's going on deeper down, and changes happening there could be a reason to changes in the cycle. No idea if that's a reasonable suggestion, as I don't know about workings of sunspots and the cycle here.
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the next high point had been forecast for July 2025. [...] They say the cycle's peak will occur a year earlier in mid-late 2024 and sunspot numbers will be twice the official prediction – an indication of activity.
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It's probably because of all the solar farms sucking the energy from the sun.
/s just in case...