NASA: March 1, 2013: Something unexpected is happening on the sun.

[HiThere]

"2013 is supposed to be the year of Solar Max, the peak of the 11-year sunspot cycle. Yet 2013 has arrived and solar activity is relatively low. Sunspot numbers are well below their values in 2011, and strong solar flares have been infrequent for many months.

The quiet has led some observers to wonder if forecasters missed the mark. Solar physicist Dean Pesnell of the Goddard Space Flight Center has a different explanation:

_http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/01mar_twinpeaks/"

 

[The rabbit]

I am getting a page not found reading from the link. Could you may be post what his thoughts are?

 

[Laura]

I am getting a page not found reading from the link. Could you may be post what his thoughts are?

Prolly 'cause quote marks got in there somehow and you included them when you pasted the url.

 

[The rabbit]

I am getting a page not found reading from the link. Could you may be post what his thoughts are?

Prolly 'cause quote marks got in there somehow and you included them when you pasted the url.

No prolly bout it, it is the reason. Thanks.

 

[Niall]

No one knows for sure what the sun will do next. It seems likely, though, that the end of 2013 could be a lot livelier than the beginning.

Oh, so now you're not sure what the sun is supposed to be doing? But two years ago you were telling everyone it would be a super-active solar max!

NASA = Never A Straight Answer!

 

[irjO]

NASA = Never A Straight Answer!

Good one! ;D

 

[Redrock12]

NASA = Never A Straight Answer!

Good one! ;D

Ditto.