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Wide Angle: Solar Minimum

During one of the deepest solar minima on record, solar, magnetospheric and atmospheric physicists are working together to better understand why the sun is experiencing the most inactive solar minima for 100 years...

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Dormant Sun Spills Secrets in Its Sleep

With the sun at its lowest activity level in nearly 100 years, scientists are taking advantage of its quiet state to ferret out some of the more subtle -- and occasionally insidious -- ways the sun impacts Earth's climate and atmosphere. Scott Bailey, an associate professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute's Center for...

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What's Wrong With Our Sun?

The sun is being really boring. However, if I had to place a bet, I would say there are better odds of a mediocre solar maximum. I doubt we'll be cooked or frozen by the sun; we just have to wait and see, without getting all dramatic.

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