Navigation satellites contend with stormy Sun
Just as we grow used to satellite navigation in everyday life, media reports argue that a coming surge in solar activity could render satnav devices useless, perhaps even frying satellites themselves. Is it true? No.
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Why Are Sunspots A Source Of Radio Emissions
by Staff Writers Newark NJ (SPX) Aug 30, 2010 Why sunspots are a strong source of radio emissions and what information those emissions carry will be the focus of an invited talk by NJIT Research Professor Jeongwoo Lee tomorrow at the International Astronomical Union Symposium on the Physics [...]
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Solar max ‘gloom and doom’ claims overstated: Expert
Melbourne, Aug 28 : All the hype about how disastrous the solar max could be for the entire power grid of Earth is unnecessary, a leading astronomer from Australia has said.
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Sunspots squeeze and stretch the day
These dark regions may somehow alter the rate of [...]
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by Damon Green
Question by belletragique: What is the period between maximum sunspot numbers?
How does this differ from the period of the full solar cycle?
Best answer:
Answer by oklatonolaThere’s a maximum of sunspots approximately every 11 years. A full solar activity cycle takes approximately 22 years, because the magnetic polarities of the sunspots reverses between each [...]
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by RBerteig
Incoming Solar Flare
Sunspot #1054 has belched and we might get to see some of that gas it passed in the form of a few auroras- maybe more. Number #1054 is just a class C sun spot though so not to worry, at least probably not. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory recorded a halo [...]
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