Physics News: Welcome to the 25th solar cycle … first new sunspots have appeared!

Physics News: Welcome to the 25th solar cycle ... first new sunspots have appeared!



Our sun is so brilliant: It gives us light, it gives us warmth, it sets our cycle of day and night. And, of course, our sun is way too bright to be viewed with the naked eye.
In recent months it has been very quiet around the sun … there have been many days, where not a single sunspot could be detected. We had reached the minimum of the 11 year solar cycle.

But now a new cycle is beginning!

CREDIT animations: NASA/ESA SOHO team

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