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Episode 46 - Longest Solar Minimum Since 1913

Episode 46 – Longest Solar Minimum Since 1913

  Out of 365 days in 2008, 266 were without sunspots. So far in 2009, January had 25 sunspot free days; February had 23 sun spot free days; and March had 28 sun spot free days. Solar Cycle 23 began in a May 1996 minimum, so by April 2009, it’s been thirteen years between minimums…
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Episode 3 - Confusing Sun: Will Solar Cycle 24 Be Most Intense On Record?

Episode 3 – Confusing Sun: Will Solar Cycle 24 Be Most Intense On Record?

  Our sun not only hums in a rhythmic beat, which you can hear in this Earthfiles podcast, it is confusing solar physicists. Coming up is Solar Maximum 24, reaching its peak between 2010 to 2012. Will there be a lot of X-flares that can hurt astronauts, fry satellites and damage electrical power stations? The…
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