Thread: [Slashdot] Sunspots May Be Different During This Solar Minimum
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PhreakOfTime writes "According to Bill Livingston and Matt Penn of the National Solar Observatory in Tucson, Arizona, sunspot magnetic fields are waning. The two respected solar astronomers have been measuring solar magnetism since 1992. Their technique is based on Zeeman splitting of infrared spectral lines in radiation emitted by iron atoms in the vicinity of sunspots. Extrapolating their data ...
Sunspots, solar flares, solar winds are just a few... Sunspots, solar flares, solar winds are just a few wonders of our Sun... High quality solar images with captions - http://tinyurl.com/4hay23 10:10 AM Oct 10th from Tweetie
In 2004, NASA scientists started looking forward to a new... In 2004, NASA scientists started looking forward to a new solar minimum. In
2005, it began. At this time most scientists expected the new solar cycle
24 to begin in late 2006 or early 2007 with a following ramp up in solar
activity.
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