• eldoom@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    It’s probably because of all the solar farms sucking the energy from the sun.

    /s just in case…

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    1 year ago

    One thing I remember ( probably incorrectly) from undergrad astronomy is that it takes a photon something like a million years to migrate from the sun’s core to its surface.

    Point being: There is very little that we can directly measure from 99% of the sun.

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      1 year ago

      Right, but this article is about the 11 year sunspot cycle, which is observed directly by viewing… sunspots. So not sure what your point is here.

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        I think the point is that we can’t know what’s going on deeper down, and changes happening there could be a reason to changes in the cycle. No idea if that’s a reasonable suggestion, as I don’t know about workings of sunspots and the cycle here.

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    the next high point had been forecast for July 2025. […] They say the cycle’s peak will occur a year earlier in mid-late 2024 and sunspot numbers will be twice the official prediction – an indication of activity.