The sun is expected to reach its solar maximum in 2025. Recent auroras suggest that the maximum may be bigger than predicted.
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Half a dozen times in the past 10,000 years, enigmatic ‘Miyake events’ have showered Earth with cosmic rays.
Every few centuries the Sun blasts the Earth with a huge amount of high-energy particles. If it were to happen today, it would wreak havoc on technology.
Scientists spend years preparing for the two-minute window of a total solar eclipse.
The Earth’s magnetic field lines whistle after solar outbursts.
Cosmic radiation is much higher today than it was during the Apollo era.
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