Sun Approaching Solar Maximum by 2025: What's In Store?
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13 March 2024
The Sun might reach "solar maximum", the peak of its current solar cycle, in 2025
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It can lead to large-scale blackouts and disrupt radio communications across the world
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The increased radiation activity can have serious health consequences for astronauts
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NASA says the Sun goes through a natural solar cycle approximately every 11 years, which is marked by the increase and decrease of sunspots
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The greatest number of sunspots in any given solar cycle is designated as “solar maximum”. The lowest number is “solar minimum”
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But there is more to the solar cycle than just increased sunspots
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The current solar cycle is the 25th since the records began in 1755 and started in 2019
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Such outages could last for months
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One spectacular side-effect of increased solar activity during the solar cycle is increased opportunities to see auroras
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