Scientists decode Johannes Kepler’s 417-year-old sunspot drawings, solving a long-standing mystery about solar cycles and the ...
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In 1607, Johannes Kepler projected an image of the Sun onto a piece of paper and spotted a dark smudge. He thought he was ...
During strong cycles, the sun’s total brightness at the solar maximum is about 0.1% higher than during its solar minimum, but when averaged out over the industrial period, the sun’s total brightness ...
The sun is powered by the nuclear fusion of hydrogen to helium, deep within its core. Above the sun's surface, however, a different force dominates: electromagnetism. This force is responsible for ...