... Sunspots are linked to solaractivity and aurorae on the Earth too. ... Here is a link at the same site about sunspots and solaractivity. 2008 Phil Plait. All Rights Reserved. ...
... Many people claim we are in the solar minimum, so we shouldn't be seeing any spots or activity. This is incorrect. ... Also, it's well-known that the Sun can have lots of activity even a couple of years after solar max. ...
... peak in its 11 year cycle of activity, meaning we are getting more sunspots, flares ... Second, satellites cannot be knocked from their orbits by a solar blast. ... The solar wind, even at its thickest, is far too thin to do anything like that. ...
... The solar wind is electrically charged . Comets don't lose mass, they gain it . ... Hurricane production is tied in with the "solar capacitor". ... For one, comets get smacked by the high-energy particles from the Sun's solar wind. ...
... that may have persisted from the beginnings of the solar system (other than on Earth ... uniqueness of Europa in the entire solar system -- currently might still exist ...
... When they are far from the Sun, they show little or no activity. ... Anything that big tooling around the solar system would have been easy to spot years ago. ...