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I'm having trouble parsing tfa; does this mean the sun is at "solar maximum" now, and does this also mean we may be in for some more frequent and intense aurora
by teepo 2y ago
I'm having trouble parsing tfa; does this mean the sun is at "solar maximum" now, and does this also mean we may be in for some more frequent and intense auroras?
- wtallis 2y agoYes. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2024_solar_storms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_2024_solar_storms and https://xkcd.com/2930/ https://xkcd.com/2930/
- photochemsyn 2y agoYou can see the sunspot cycle progression here, looks like solar maximum will last a year or two: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/solar-cycle-progression