NASA Detects Unusual Surge in Solar Activity — Beyond the Normal Cycle ☀️ NASA scientists have reported that the Sun’s activity is increasing in a way that defies its usual patterns. Ordinarily, the Sun follows an 11-year solar cycle, transitioning from quiet phases (solar minimum) to energetic peaks (solar maximum) before calming again. These cycles are measured through sunspots, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). However, recent data suggests that since around 2008, the Sun’s beh

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A DECADE OF SUN ☀️ WATCH: NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shared a timelapse covering 10 years of documentation from its satellite. The video shows the Sun's activity for the past 10 years at a wavelength of 17.1 nanometers which is "an extreme ultraviolet wavelength that shows the Sun’s outermost atmospheric layer — the corona." | 📽️ @NASA Goddard Read: https://inq.news/nasalapse | INQUIRER.net

Today marks the third anniversary of the release of the most detailed images ever of the sizzling surface of the sun by NSF's new, groundbreaking Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, or DKIST. This amazing instrument is the most powerful solar telescope in the world and ushers in a new era of solar science. Those first images were part of DKIST's initial verification phase; since then, it's been operating officially for nearly a year atop a volcanic mountain on the island of Maui on a site owned an