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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ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham
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Space Plasma Physicist, Imperial College London
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Reader in Physical Sciences, Aberystwyth University
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Electrical Engineering, Mississippi State University
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Professor of Space Science and Physics, Athabasca University
