Estimates of the Sun's next solar maximum have dropped steadily for the past several years. Not just the magnitude, but the timing, as been changed many times. Since a previous peak was in 1989 and the most recent at the turn of the century, the next was expected ... now, or within the next year. It has not panned out that way -- the minimum ( Read more... )

We haven't yet hit Solar Cycle 24 ( Read more... )

I mentioned "southwest" in reference to Mars. Planets have north and south poles too ( Read more... )