Current observations suggest we could see a solar maximum as early as 2024, not 2025, defying our predictions.
Over the last couple of months, furious storms have rocked the Sun's surface, sending out powerful solar flares and bursts of charged plasma that can even cause havoc here on Earth, almost 100 million miles away.
To a certain degree that's to be expected, as the Sun's 11-year solar cycle comes to a peak. But the specific timing is surprising, because scientists had predicted solar activity wouldn't reach its maximum period of heightened activity until 2025 — while the latest data suggests that peak could come much sooner,Current observations, in fact, suggest we could see a solar maximum as early as 2024.
"This solar maximum is the space weather equivalent of hurricane season," Mark Miesch, a research scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center,. "This solar maximum is the space weather equivalent of hurricane season. It’s when we see the biggest storms."
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