The Sun Shows Signs of Life


	The Sun Shows Signs of Life

tabsey

11-9-2008 5:41 AM

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tabsey says:

Very exciting animation on the picture provided.They don't mention anything about the role of sunspots, but they are pretty excited about them being back. Maybe they don't talk to dolphins.

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11-9-2008 9:25 AM

zalisan

A pretty cool site about space weather. The impact of the sun on earth. solarstorms

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                    David Hathaway of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/07nov_signsoflife.htm"><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">His 
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                    month we counted five sunspot groups," he says. That 
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                    of sunspots and long stretches of utter spotlessness, five 
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