Solar cycle explained 👌🙂 | Nordic Space

NASA Detects Unusual Surge in Solar Activity — Beyond the Normal Cycle ☀️ NASA scientists have reported that the Sun’s activity is increasing in a way that defies its usual patterns. Ordinarily, the Sun follows an 11-year solar cycle, transitioning from quiet phases (solar minimum) to energetic peaks (solar maximum) before calming again. These cycles are measured through sunspots, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). However, recent data suggests that since around 2008, the Sun’s beh

This one deserves a close up! 📸 Here’s another, multi-wavelength look at today’s X8.7-class solar flare, the most powerful of this solar cycle. The Sun’s activity waxes and wanes over an 11-year period known as the solar cycle. Solar cycle 25 began in December 2019 and is now approaching solar maximum — a period when eruptions like this one become more common. | NASA Space Alerts