Helioseismology Reveals Unexpected Changes in the Sun's 11-Year Magnetic Cycle
The Sun has a heartbeat. Every eleven years it swells with magnetic fury, hurling solar flares and charged particles into space, sparking auroral displays and threatening power grids, all before…
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